India, Aug. 14 -- Dentsu Group Inc. (DNTUY) Thursday reported a loss before tax of 43.375 billion yen for the first half, compared with a profit before tax of 20.67 billion yen in the comparable period last year, primarily due to impairment loss of 86.576 billion yen.
Operating loss was 36.545 billion yen versus operating profit of 25.73 billion yen a year ago.
Excluding one-time items, the company posted underlying operating profit of 67.526 billion yen, up from 63.006 billion yen in the prior year.
Net loss was 73.647 billion yen or 283.72 yen per share compared with net profit of 5.564 billion yen or 21.07 yen per share last year.
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