Finning reports Q4 profit down, hit by foreign exchange loss

A huge caterpillar dump truck hauls rocks in the Nunavut Territory of Canada on Monday, March 23, 2009. Finning International Inc. reported its fourth-quarter profit fell compared with a year ago as it was hit by a foreign exchange loss in Argentina due to government currency restrictions and a devaluation of the Argentine peso. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette

VANCOUVER - Finning International Inc. reported its fourth-quarter profit fell compared with a year ago as it was hit by a foreign exchange loss in Argentina due to government currency restrictions and a devaluation of the Argentine peso.

The heavy equipment dealer says its net income attributable to shareholders totalled $85 million or 59 cents per diluted share for the quarter ended Dec. 31, down from $136 million or 89 cents per share in the same quarter last year.

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