Samsung estimates quarterly profit sank to 8-year low on demand slump


FILE PHOTO The logo of Samsung Electronics is seen at its office building in Seoul South Korea South Korea October 11 2017.    REUTERSKim Hong-JiFile Photo

FILE PHOTO: The logo of Samsung Electronics is seen at its office building in Seoul, South Korea South Korea, October 11, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/File Photo

SEOUL (Reuters) -Samsung Electronics Co Ltd flagged on Friday its quarterly profit tumbled to an eight-year low as a weakening global economy hammered memory chip prices and curbed demand for electronic devices.

Profits at the world's largest memory chip, smartphone and TV maker are expected to shrink again in the current quarter, analysts said, after Samsung announced its October-December operating profit likely fell 69% to 4.3 trillion won ($3.37 billion) from 13.87 trillion won a year earlier.

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