Absa plunges after profit warning

Shares of Absa Group dropped nearly 7% to a five-month low after South Africa’s largest retail bank warned half-year earnings would fall by as much as 10%.

Absa shares were trading 6,9% lower at 145,60 rand, compared with a 0,04% rise by the Top-40 index at 0709 GMT.

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