Sharp Corp. said Friday its group net profit in the April-September period fell 17.8 percent from a year earlier to 22.52 billion yen ($217 million) as sales of televisions and other products slumped amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Consolidated operating profit dropped 25.3 percent from a year earlier to 27.60 billion yen on sales of 1.14 trillion yen, up 1.9 percent.

For the business year through March, Sharp maintained its forecast, expecting net profit to more than double to 50 billion yen and operating profit to grow 55.4 percent to 82 billion yen, on sales of 2.35 trillion yen, up 3.5 percent.

==Kyodo

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