TOKYO -- Japanese trading house Itochu on Wednesday announced that it recorded net profit of 438.4 billion yen ($2.8 billion) for the April-to-September period, up 6.2% from the same period last year, boosted by gains across its wide portfolio of companies.
The earnings for the six months beat the market consensus of 418.8 billion yen in a survey by QUICK. The company's revenue for the same period increased by 7.6% from the previous year to 7.2 trillion yen.
