Dateline 2012-06-08:
Main Market-bound Gas Malaysia Bhd’s saw a 53.5% drop in its net profit for the first quarter ended March 31 to RM34.54mil from RM74.41mil a year earlier as a margin compression crimped earnings.
Its revenue increased 9.2% to RM506.58mil from RM464.06mil, said the company, which is scheduled for a listing on Monday.
In a statement to Bursa Malaysia, it said the rise in revenue in its natural gas and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) segment RM506.6mil from RM464mil last year mainly due to the higher volume of gas sold and an upward revision in tariff effective June 1, 2011.
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