Celltrion Q3 net income up 18.2 pct to 166.9 bln won

SEOUL, Nov. 9 (Yonhap) -- Celltrion Inc. on Wednesday reported its third-quarter net income of 166.9 billion won (US$122.3 million), up 18.2 percent from a year earlier.

The company said in a regulatory filing that operating income for the July-September period rose 28.1 percent on-year to 213.8 billion won. Sales increased 60.6 percent to 645.6 billion won.

The operating profit was 3.0 percent higher than the average estimate, according to a survey by Yonhap Infomax, the financial data firm of Yonhap News Agency. The estimate of net profit was not available.
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