Indonesia's Bukalapak records net loss of $26m in first half

E-commerce company slips back into the red after full-year profitability in 2022

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Bukalapak is part of a wave of technology companies that have emerged in Indonesia, Southeast Asia's largest economy. (Photo by Nana Shibata) 

NANA SHIBATA, Nikkei staff writer

JAKARTA -- Indonesian e-commerce company Bukalapak said on Monday it recorded a net loss of 393 billion rupiah ($26 million) for the six months through June, sliding back into the red after a one-off gain propelled it into the black a year earlier.

Bukalapak had racked up a net profit of 8.59 trillion rupiah in the first half of 2022 thanks to a gain from its investment in Allo Bank, a small local lender. That investment also pushed the company to a full-year profit last year, its first.

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