India, Aug. 22 -- Gold Fields Limited (GFI) Friday reported profit of $1.027 billion or 115 cents per share for the first half, significantly higher than $389 million or 43 cents per share for the same period a year ago, primarily helped by growth in gold sales and higher prices.
Headline earnings increased to $1.027 billion or 115 cents per share from $320.7 million or 36 cents per share last year.
Normalised profit was $998.2 million or 112 cents per share, up from $355.2 million or 40 cents per share a year ago.
Revenue for the period grew to $3.089 billion from $2.211 billion in the previous year. Gold produced rose 24% to 1.14 million oz from 918,000 oz last year.
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