Absa share price slumps 9% after it flags lower first-half earnings

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Absa share price slumps 9% after it flags lower first-half earnings

Absa's share price slumped after the banking group advised shareholders to expect lower first-half earnings.

SA's fourth-largest bank by market value said it expects headline earnings to fall by"mid to high single digits" in the six months to end-June, with earnings likely down by high single to low double digits, according to a voluntary trading update released after the market close on Wednesday.South Africans need to be in the know if we want to create a prosperous future.

 

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