德国莱茵上半年核心利润因能源交易提振而激增

中国石化新闻网讯 据路透社8月14日法兰克福报道，德国最大的电力生产商莱茵集团周三表示，受其能源交易部门业绩强于预期的提振，2019年上半年核心利润增长20%。

该集团在一份声明中表示，经调整的上半年息税前利润(EBITDA)跃升20%，达到13.7亿欧元(15.3亿美元)。

此次上涨恰逢莱茵集团转型为欧洲第三大可再生能源生产商，该公司与同行意昂集团达成了一项影响深远的资产互换协议，涉及莱茵集团子公司Innogy。

该公司首席执行官Rolf Martin Schmitz表示：“强劲的经营业绩为我们未来几个月提供了有利条件，这将是我们公司历史上最激动人心的时期之一。”

莱茵集团股价开盘上涨1.7%，成为德国蓝筹股中涨幅第二大的股票。

莱茵集团供应和交易部门的强劲表现，使得该集团在7月底上调了2019年的预测。该集团目前预计，经调整后的息税前利润将在14亿至17亿欧元之间，净利润为5亿至8亿欧元。

裘寅 编译自 路透社

原文如下：

Germany's RWE first-half core profit surges on energy trading boost

RWE (RWEG.DE), Germany’s largest power producer, on Wednesday said its core profit rose by a fifth in the first half of 2019, boosted by a stronger-than-expected performance at its energy trading unit.

First-half adjusted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) jumped 20% to 1.37 billion euros ($1.53 billion), the group said in a statement.

The rise comes just before RWE’s transformation into Europe’s third-largest renewable power producer, a direct result of a far-reaching asset swap with peer E.ON (EONGn.DE) that involves RWE’s subsidiary Innogy (IGY.DE).

“The strong operating result gives us tailwind for the coming months, which will be one of the most exciting periods in our company’s history,” Chief Executive Rolf Martin Schmitz said.

RWE shares were indicated to open 1.7% higher as the second-biggest gainers among German blue-chips.

The robust performance at RWE’s Supply & Trading division led the group to raise its 2019 forecast in late-July. The group now expects adjusted EBITDA to come in at between 1.4 billion euros and 1.7 billion euros, and net income of 500 million euros-800 million euros.