HONG KONG, Aug 13 (Reuters) - Hong Kong ports-to-telecoms

group CK Hutchison ( CKHUF ) posted a 6.7% rise in underlying

profit in the first six months of 2026 on Thursday, thanks to

solid performance in its ports and retail businesses.

CK reported underlying profit of HK$12.6 billion ($1.61

billion) on a post-IFRS 16 basis, compared with HK$11.8 billion

a year earlier.

Including one-time items such as gains on the disposal of UK

Rails and UK Power Networks totalling HK$17.8 billion as well as

a write-off of HK$2.2 billion, net profit jumped 30 times from a

year earlier to HK$26.8 billion.

($1 = 7.8459 Hong Kong dollars)

(Reporting by Clare Jim; Editing by Emelia Sithole-Matarise)