-- China Merchants Securities (HKG:6099, SHA:600999) logged net profit attributable to shareholders of 3.27 billion yuan for the first quarter, up 42% from 2.31 billion yuan a year earlier, according to a Wednesday Hong Kong bourse filing.
Hong Kong-listed shares of the financial firm were down nearly 1% in Thursday afternoon trade.
Earnings per share came in at 0.36 yuan, compared with 0.25 yuan a year earlier.
Operating revenue rose 48% to 6.97 billion yuan from 4.71 billion yuan in the prior-year period.