Woori Financial Group said Oct. 29 its net profit came to 534.1 billion won ($458.3 million) in the third quarter.

Its sales came to some 7.3 trillion won in the three months that ended Sept. 30, with its operating profit coming to 659.3 billion won.

The group did not provide comparable figures from the same period last year, citing its transformation into a holding company at the start of this year.

By Ram Garikipati and newswires (ram@heraldcorp.com)