Baillie Gifford Japan H1 Earnings Fall

(RTTNews) - Baillie Gifford Japan Ord (BGFD.L), an investment company, on Friday announced that pre-tax net return came in lower in the first six months, ended February 28, compared with the same period last year.

For the first half, Net return before taxation declined to GBP 2.84 million from GBP 51.98 million last year.

Net return after taxation fell to GBP 2.12 million from GBP 51.17 million the previous year.

Net return per ordinary share declined to 2.52 pence from 56.05 pence in the previous year.

Income slid to GBP 7.19 million from GBP 8.07 million in the prior year.

Revenue earnings per share decreased to 3.41 pence compared with 4.31 pence in the previous year.

Baillie Gifford Japan is currently trading 0.13% lower at 762 pence on the London Stock Exchange.