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For the first half of 2008, Sinolink Securities (600109) gained income of Rmb871mn, representing an increase of 13.32% yoy; net profit: Rmb506mn, soaring 41.08% yoy; net profit attributable to the parent company: Rmb506mn, rocketing 175.26% yoy; diluted EPS: Rmb1.01; net capital at the end of the period reached Rmb2.184bn, 3.45% lower than that at the end of 2007. Reason for its interim earnings growth: financial assets available for sale were substantially realized. Reason for growth rate of net profit attributable to the parent higher than that of revenue: the decline of proportion of minority shareholders’ income and the decrease of the actual income tax rate.