Kobe Steel Ltd. tumbled as much as 13 percent in Tokyo to hit the lowest level in almost seven years after Japan’s third-biggest steelmaker swung to a first-quarter loss and warned that full-year profit will collapse.
The shares sank the most since 2017 after the company posted a ¥1.2 billion net loss in the three months to June 30 and forecast full-year net income will drop 72 percent. The impact of the U.S.-China trade war “has become apparent and the outlook is growing uncertain,” Yoshihiko Katsukawa, senior managing executive officer, said at a briefing in Tokyo on Friday.
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