Revenue ($m) 2716.1 compared with the year-earlier 2989.1
Pretax profit ($m) 254.4 v 251.7
Net profit ($m) 161.4, up 18.2pc from 136.5m
No interim dividend was declared v year-earlier payout of 9.5c
Building materials group Boral says the drop in high-rise apartment construction that hit its Australian business is likely to persist because of the temporary stop to international migration and the substantial shift by people out of cities to regional areas.
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