Woori Financial Q3 net income down 0.2 pct to 916.2 bln won

Woori Financial Group on Friday reported its third-quarter net income of 916.2 billion won (US$659.6 million), down 0.2 percent from a year earlier.The company said in a regulatory filing that operating profit for the July-September period fell 3.5 percent on-year to 1.17 trillion won. Sales decreased 24.8 percent to 7.44 trillion won.The earnings beat market expectations. The average estimate of net profit by analysts stood at 874.5 billion won, according to a survey by Yonhap Infomax, the financial data firm of Yonhap News Agency.Source: Yonhap News Agency