Net profit reached 151 billion won (US$121 million) in the April-June period, compared with 168 billion won a year earlier, the company said in a regulatory filing.
Sales, however, rose 25 per cent to 3.23 trillion won over the cited period, and operating income gained 19 per cent to 229 billion won.
Shares of Samsung Heavy were trading at 30,750 won on the Seoul bourse as of 9:45 a.m., up 0.49 per cent.
Samsung Heavy and local rivals such as Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. (KSE:009540) saw their shipbuilding orders shrink this year due to the global economic slump.
(Yonhap)maz

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