SEOUL: South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Co posted its steepest quarterly net profit gain in over seven years as a weaker local currency helped lift US income, while new models boosted domestic sales.
Solid performance at home and in the United States helped offset a sales slump in China, where a slowing economy, trade war with the United States and a lack of competitive models prompted the automaker to suspend production at its oldest factory earlier this year.
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