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SINGAPORE (July 11): Duty Free International (DFI) saw its earnings fall 20.7% to RM7.2 million (S$2.4 million) for the 1Q20 ended May, compared to earnings of RM9.0 million in the corresponding quarter last year.

Earnings per share (EPS) fell to 0.60 sen for 1Q20, compared to 0.74 sen in 1Q19.

The decline was led by a surge in losses from change in inventories, which comprises the difference in the value of inventories at the beginning and at the end of the financial period reported on.

In 1Q20, the value of the closing inventories was lower than the value of the opening inventories by RM29.8 million, compared to just RM2.5 million lower a year ago. This was mainly due to timing differences in...(click on link for full story on theedgesingapore.com)

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