Petrobras: Fourth quarter jump
Petrobras quarter profit jumps to $3.1bn
Brazilian state oil company Petrobras said its fourth-quarter net profit rose 47% to 7.36 billion reais (US$3.1 billion) from 5 billion a year ago.
Petrobras said earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) fell to 9.57 billion reais from 12 billion reais a year ago.
The oil company had been expected to post a net profit of 7.6 billion reais and EBITDA of 10.8 billion reais, according to the average forecast of seven analysts surveyed by Reuters.