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Credicorp: Q4 Earnings Snapshot

LA MOLINA, Bermuda (AP) — LA MOLINA, Bermuda (AP) — Credicorp Ltd. (BAP) on Thursday reported fourth-quarter net income of $468.8 million.

The bank, based in La Molina, Bermuda, said it had earnings of $5.88 per share.

The results fell short of Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of three analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $6.61 per share.

The Peruvian finance company posted revenue of $2.18 billion in the period. Its revenue net of interest expense was $1.8 billion, which beat Street forecasts.

For the year, the company reported profit of $1.94 billion, or $24.35 per share. Revenue was reported as $6.55 billion.

Credicorp shares have increased 19% since the beginning of the year. In the final minutes of trading on Thursday, shares hit $341.05, a climb of 85% in the last 12 months.

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Beijing bans 4 New Zealand lawmakers from entering China because they visited Taiwan

By WTOP Staff
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Beijing banned four New Zealand lawmakers from traveling to China for a year and demanded they apologize because they visited Taiwan on a parliamentary trip, according to a message from the Chinese embassy conveyed via parliamentary officials and shown to The Associated Press on Thursday. China has hit lawmakers from other countries with sanctions related to contact with Taiwan before, but it's the first time for New Zealand parliamentarians, the government in Wellington said. Beijing has been increasing pressure in recent years on the democratically governed island that it claims as its own territory. Two lawmakers reached by the AP on Thursday rejected the demand for an apology, while the other two could not be immediately reached. New Zealand's government said it would express concern about the travel bans to Beijing. The elected officials visited Taipei in May, as New Zealand parliamentarians have done “for decades,” a spokesperson for Foreign Minister Winston Peters said in a statement.
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