It was the first time Samsung has offered earnings guidance ahead of its quarterly earnings release. Samsung is scheduled to announce results of its second-quarter earnings on July 24.
"Samsung expects that providing earnings guidance would help not only minimize speculation in the market but also help enhance company transparency and provide investors with a more accurate expectation of the earnings," the company said in a statement.
Samsung also predicted sales for the second-quarter to total between 31 trillion won and 33 trillion won, without providing information on its outlook for net profit.
Samsung, which is also the world's largest maker of liquid crystal displays and the second-largest maker of mobile phones, has been hit hard by the global economic slump.
In the first-quarter of this year, Samsung's net profit plunged 72 per cent from a year ago to 619 billion won on sales of 18.5 trillion won.
First-quarter operating profit stood at 148 billion won, according to the company.
(Yonhap) rw

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