China Strategic Holdings Limited provided earnings guidance for the six months ended June 30, 2018. The group expects to record a profit for the six months ended 30 June 2018 as compared with the loss recorded for the six months ended 30 June 2017. The board expects that the profitable results are mainly attributable to the estimated net gain on financial assets at fair value through profit or loss recorded for the six months ended 30 June 2018 of approximately HKD 405.6 million (which comprised of net unrealized gain and net realized gain of approximately HKD 397.0 million and HKD 8.6 million respectively) as compared with the net loss on financial assets at FVTPL recorded for the corresponding period in last year of approximately HKD 151.1 million (which comprised of net unrealized loss and net realized loss of approximately HKD 61.9 million and HKD 89.2 million respectively), coupled with the increases in profit recorded by the group's money lending and trading businesses for the six months ended 30 June 2018 when compared to their respective results for the corresponding period in last year.