TOKYO : Japanese trading house Itochu on Wednesday posted 438.4 billion yen ($2.9 billion) in net profit for the six months to end-September, up 6 per cent from a year earlier, on non-resource items including food and the FamilyMart convenience store chain.
Itochu kept its net profit forecast for the fiscal year ending in March unchanged at 880 billion yen.
($1 = 153.9900 yen)