by winston » Thu Jun 26, 2014 5:57 am
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Clean fuel fires up China Gas
China Gas Holdings (0384), which supplies 237 cities in the mainland, said annual profit surged 47 percent as demand for cleaner-burning fuel rose.
Net income climbed to HK$2.58 billion, or 51.61 cents a share, in the year ended March 31 from HK$1.76 billion, or 36.86 cents, the firm said yesterday.
Revenue rose 44 percent to HK$26 billion.
Sales volumes at China's natural gas distributors are climbing as the government takes measures to curb the burning of coal and encourage the use of gas to improve deteriorating air quality in cities, especially Beijing and Shanghai.
Companies such as China Gas, Beijing Enterprises Holdings (0392) and ENN Energy Holdings (2688) may also benefit from a US$400 billion (HK$3.12 trillion) deal between China National Petroleum Corp and Gazprom in May to import the fuel from Russia starting 2018.
China Gas rose 3 percent to HK$13.88. The earnings were announced after the close of markets. The shares have more than doubled in the past year, compared with a 15 percent gain in the benchmark Hang Seng Index.
Source: BLOOMBERG
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