KUALA LUMPUR (Nikkei Markets) -- Astro Malaysia Holdings, a pay-television operator, said Wednesday net profit fell 10.8% in the fiscal first quarter from a year earlier due to higher net finance cost.
Net profit for the three months ended Apr. 30 totalled 174.73 million ringgit ($43.99 million) compared with 195.82 million ringgit in the same quarter last year, Astro said in an exchange filing. Quarterly revenue edged 1.1% lower on year to 1.31 billion ringgit from 1.33 billion ringgit.