HK Stock Market Move | WANT WANT CHINA (00151) fell nearly 3% in the afternoon, with mid-term net profit decreasing by 7.8% year-on-year to 1.717 billion yuan.

WANT WANT CHINA (00151) fell nearly 3% in the afternoon, dropping 2.58% to HK$4.91 as of the time of writing, with a turnover of HK$224.629 million. On the news side, WANT WANT CHINA announced its interim results for the six months ending September 30, 2025, with revenue of approximately HK$11.108 billion, a year-on-year increase of 2.1%; the company's profit attributable to equity holders was around HK$1.717 billion, a decrease of 7.8% year-on-year; and the basic and diluted earnings per share were HK$14.55. In addition, the group's gross profit margin for the first half of the 2025 fiscal year decreased by 1.1 percentage points to 46.2% compared to the same period of the previous fiscal year. Although the unit costs of some major raw materials and packaging materials such as white sugar, gelatin, and raw paper decreased, the increase in unit costs of imported whole milk powder and palm oil offset the positive impact of the aforementioned decreases, leading to a decline in the group's gross profit margin.