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Haitong Unitrust's Profit Slips in Q1

-- Haitong Unitrust International Financial Leasing (HKG:1905) recorded a decline in attributable profit for the first quarter of 2026 to 257.6 million yuan from 331.5 million yuan a year prior, according to a Friday Hong Kong bourse filing.

The financial leasing company's operating revenue slipped to 1.18 billion yuan from 1.35 billion yuan in the year-ago period.

On a group level, attributable profit slumped year over year to 320.9 million yuan from 416.3 million yuan a year ago, while operating revenue fell to 1.47 billion yuan from 1.71 billion yuan.

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