Hyundai, the world's No.5 automaker along with affiliate Kia Motors Corp, reported a net loss of 129.8 billion won (£87.9 million) for the fourth quarter, compared with the average 784 billion profit estimate of 14 analysts based on I/B/E/S Refinitiv data.

Its operating profit fell 35 percent to 501 billion won and sales climbed 5 percent to 25.67 trillion won.

(Reporting by Hyunjoo Jin; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman)