Gas Malaysia Q1 earnings up 3.6% to RM41.61m

KUALA LUMPUR: Gas Malaysia Bhd's earning rose 3.6% to RM41.61mil in the first quarter ended March 31, 2014 from RM40.14mil a year ago.

The company said on Thursday revenue increased by 8.4 % to RM580.57mil  from RM535.44mil due to higher volume of gas sold by 10.2% and the number of customers. Its earnings per share were 3.24 sen compared with 3.13 sen.