SINGAPORE (Yosefardi) – Commodities player Noble Group booked net profit of US$104.1 million in the first half of 2013, plummeted 65% from US$304.9 million in the same period of 2012.
In the first half of 2013, Noble recorded sales revenue of US$47.93 billion, inched up from US$47.07 billion in the same period of 2012.
Agriculture products contributed sales revenue of US$7.6 billion, down 3% from the first half of 2012, despite 6% growth in the second quarter. Energy sector, meanwhile, recorded sales revenue of US$31.08 billion, down slightly by 5% from first half 2012.
Metals, minerals, and ores contributed US$9.2 billion of revenues, jumped by 41% from the corresponding period of 2012, with a slower growth in the second quarter (+25%).