Standard Chartered (HKG:2888) posted profit attributable to parent company shareholders of $1.90 billion for the first quarter, up from $1.59 billion a year earlier, according to a Thursday Hong Kong bourse filing.
Earnings per share came in at $0.72 from $0.551 a year earlier.
Net interest income fell to $1.53 billion from $1.58 billion in the prior-year period.
Joinn Laboratories (HKG:6127, SHA:603127) posted net profit attributable to shareholders of 238.4 million yuan for the first quarter, up 480% from 41.1 million yuan a year earlier, according to a Wednesday Hong Kong bourse filing.Hong Kong-listed shares of the drug research firm were down over 6% in Thursday's late-morning trade.Earnings per share came in at 0.32 yuan, up from 0.05 yuan a year earlier.Revenue increased 10% to 316.1 million yuan from 287.3 million yuan in the prior-year period.
Ganfeng Lithium (SHE:002460, HKG:1772) posted first-quarter attributable net profit of 1.84 billion yuan, compared with loss of 355.8 million yuan the previous year.Earnings per share stood at 0.88 yuan, versus loss per share of 0.18 yuan last year, according to a Thursday filing with the Shenzhen bourse.Operating revenue jumped 144% year over year to 9.20 billion yuan from 3.77 billion yuan.Shares of the lithium miner were up 2% in recent trade on the Shenzhen bourse and 1% on the Hong Kong bourse.
Yihai Kerry Arawana (SHE:300999) posted first-quarter attributable net profit of 1.48 billion yuan, up 51% from 981.4 million yuan the previous year.Earnings per share rose to 0.27 yuan from 0.18 yuan, according to a Thursday filing with the Shenzhen bourse.Operating revenue climbed 11% year over year to 65.5 billion yuan from 59.1 billion yuan.Shares of the food products company were up 2% in recent trade.