In January-May Ukrainian metal companies decreased their pre-tax loss by 14.1%, to 11 billion UAH from 12.8 billion UAH in 2014.
In the given period the financial results of operational activities were positive and totaled 5.3 billion UAH (1.7 billion UAH in January-May 2014).
The pre-tax loss was due to the exchange rate.
The companies’ net income increased by 10.1 billion UAH, or by 15% YoY, to 78.5 billion UAH. (Ukrainian metal)