Luzheng Futures Company Limited provided earnings guidance for the six months ended 30 June 2017. For the six months, the company expects profit of the Group attributable to the shareholders of the parent company under the International Financial Reporting Standards is expected to increase by approximately 100% as compared with the same period of last year. According to the information currently available, the Board considers that such increase in the operating results is mainly attributable to the following factors: (1) the gain of the Company attributable to the deduction of trading fees increased substantially as compared with the same period of last year; the revenue of Luzheng Trading Co. Ltd. increased substantially as compared with the same period of last year; and the interest income of the Company increased substantially year-on-year as a result of the centralized management of funds and the upward trend of interest rate in the industry.