Computer product distributor Digital China says it expects profits to fall in its first and second fiscal quarters due to slower business activity in China brought about by the SARS outbreak.
The company made the remarks as it posted a less than 6 percent rise in profits to some US$23 million for the fiscal year ending March 31.
Brokerage firm Merrill Lynch had expected the company to post an increase of 11 percent.
Digital China says turnover rose nearly 19 percent to US$1.6 billion, while its gross profit margin fell 1.2 percentage points to 8 percent for the year ended March 31.
(CRI News June 26, 2003)
