-- SF Holding's (SHE:002352, HKG:6936) net profit attributable to shareholders in the first quarter rose 13% to 2.53 billion yuan from 2.23 billion yuan a year earlier, according to a Shenzhen bourse filing on Wednesday.
Earnings per share increased 11% year on year to 0.50 yuan from 0.45 yuan.
Operating revenue climbed 6.1% to 74.1 billion yuan from 69.8 billion yuan in the preceding year, as parcel volume rose 4.9% to 3.73 billion.
Total new residential mortgage lending in New Zealand rose to NZ$9.5 billion in March from NZ$6.64 billion in February, according to data from the Reserve Bank of New Zealand released on Wednesday.Residential mortgage lending to first home buyers rose to NZ$1.99 billion in March from NZ$1.39 billion in the previous month. Lending to other owner-occupiers increased to NZ$5.49 billion from NZ$3.92 billion.Residential mortgage lending to investors rose to NZ$1.89 billion from NZ$1.25 billion, while that for business purposes increased to NZ$134 million from NZ$82 million.Total new residential lending at a loan-to-valuation ratio above 80% came in at NZ$1.38 billion in March for all borrower types, up from NZ$981 million in February.Residential mortgage lending, where the loan-to-valuation ratio is equal to 80% or below, was NZ$8.12 billion for all borrower types, up from NZ$5.65 billion in the previous month.
Bank of Zhengzhou (HKG:6196, SHE:002936) posted net profit attributable to equity shareholders of 1.07 billion yuan for the first quarter, up 5.4% from 1.02 billion yuan a year earlier, according to a Tuesday Hong Kong bourse filing.Shares of the lender were up 2% in late-morning trade on Wednesday.Earnings per share came in at 0.12 yuan, compared with 0.11 yuan a year earlier.Operating income rose 1% to 3.51 billion yuan from 3.48 billion yuan in the prior-year period.
Beach Energy's (ASX:BPT) Waitsia gas plant in Western Australia reached nameplate capacity of 250 terrajoules per day, according to a Wednesday statement from the company.Waitsia is a joint venture project with operator MEPAU, and Beach holds a non-operated interest.The plant has the capacity to deliver the equivalent of nearly one quarter of the state's domestic natural gas demand, per the statement.The company's shares fell 1% in recent trading on Wednesday.