Chinese property developer Longfor Group Holdings saw its bonds trend higher on Monday after the company reported improving earnings for the first half of the year. The Beijing-based company reported core profits of RMB 6.59bn ($907mn), 0.6% higher YoY. Revenues were 35% lower at RMB 98.8bn ($13.6bn), impacted by a 40% decline in property development. The revenues got a boost from an 8% rise in investment property to RMB 5.86bn ($809mn) and a 13% rise in property management to RMB 5.18bn ($714mn). On the balance sheet front, total borrowings stood at RMB 207bn ($28.5bn), cash at RMB 72.4bn ($10bn) and a debt-equity ratio of 57.2%.
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3.95% 2029s traded 2.3 points higher to 51.69 cents on the dollar, yielding 17%.
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