-- Daqin Railway Co (SHA:601006) posted first-quarter attributable net profit of 2.38 billion yuan, down 6.9% from 2.56 billion yuan the previous year.
Earnings per share slid to 0.12 yuan from 0.13 yuan, according to a Thursday filing with the Shanghai bourse.
Operating revenue climbed 4.3% year over year to 18.6 billion yuan from 17.8 billion yuan.
Shares of the railway operator declined 3% in recent trade.
French industrial producer prices for the home market rose 0.2% year over year in March, following a 2.4% fall in February, according to data from Insee published Thursday.On a monthly basis, industrial producer prices were 2% higher, against the revised 0.3% drop earlier.
France's private nonfarm payroll employment fell 0.1% in the first quarter, consistent with the prior three-month period, flash data from statistics agency Insee showed Thursday.Analysts expected zero growth for the quarter.On a yearly basis, private payroll employment in France was 0.3% lower.
France's annual inflation grew to 2.2% in April, from 1.7% in the previous month, provisional data from statistics agency Insee showed Thursday.The reading is higher than the consensus estimate of 2%.On a monthly basis, consumer prices were 1% higher, consistent with the prior month and against the expected 0.9% gain.The flash annual harmonized inflation rate came in at 2.5%, against the previous month's 2% and the market forecast of 2.3%. Month over month, harmonized consumer prices gained 1.2%, against the previous 1.1% increase and the expected 0.9% growth.