Deson Construction International Holdings Limited provided consolidated earnings guidance for the six months ended 30 September 2018. For the period, the group expected that the group will incur a net loss for the six months ended 30 September 2018 as compared to a net profit of approximately HKD 46 million for the six months ended 30 September 2017. Based on the information currently available to the Board, the expected loss was mainly due to the realised loss and loss of fair value change from the Group's investments in marketable securities amounted to approximately HKD 3,396,000 (six months ended 30 September 2017: profit of HKD 35,998,000); and the loss generated from the Group's construction segment for the six months ended 30 September 2018 as compared with the profit generated from that of the six months ended 30 September 2017.