Ant Group quarterly net profit plunges by 82.7% -Alibaba filing

SHANGHAI, Feb 23 (Reuters) - China's Ant Group on Thursday made net profit of 3.05 billion yuan ($442.13 million) in the three months to Sept. 30, down 82.7% from a year earlier, according to Reuters calculations from Alibaba Group Holding's earnings report.
The e-commerce giant reports profit from Ant one quarter in arrears.
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