KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 27): Hong Leong Financial Group Bhd's (HLFG) net profit for the first quarter ended Sept 30, 2019 dipped 3.1% to RM490.2 million from RM505.7 million a year earlier.

Revenue came in at RM1.33 billion — lower than RM1.38 billion in the same quarter last year, the group's bourse filing showed.

Earnings per share for the quarter was 43.1 sen versus 44.2 sen earlier.

HLFG declared a first interim dividend of 13 sen per share, payable on Dec 27.