Tradelink Electronic Commerce Limited provided earnings guidance for the six months ended June 30, 2023. For the period, the group is expected to record a profit attributable to shareholders of the Company to be in the range of 2.5 times to 2.7 times of the corresponding period in 2022. The surge was mainly attributable to the absence of fair value loss on investments in financial investments in the first half of 2023 (loss of HKD 25.9 million was recognised in corresponding period in 2022) and an increase in interest income in the current period from time deposits of proceeds of financial investments disposed of in 2022, albeit that the challenging trade environment has impacted, adversely but not significantly, core business for the current period.

The good performance of the Group for the first six months ended 30 June 2023 is largely due to the adverse investment environment causing a significant drop in net profit for the six months ended 30 June 2022 which forms a low base for comparison with the same period this year.