By Oliver Gray
Investing.com - With the Australian earnings season heating up, market participants have experienced a mixed bag of results from high profile companies as the December quarter brought about slowing economic growth and stubbornly high inflation, while lockdowns throughout China heavily affected commodity demand.
Among reporting companies, Coles Group Ltd (ASX:COL) moved 1.5% lower after the company reported EPS of A$0.46 versus $0.44 expected, while revenues came in at $20.805 billion versus $21.347 billion expected.
Stockland Corporation Ltd (ASX:SGP) fell 3.5% after EPS came in at $0.13 versus $0.14 expected, while revenues were reported at $1.151 billion versus $451.353 million expected.
Seek Ltd (ASX:SEK) was 1.2% lower after the company reported EPS of $0.38 versus $0.39 expected, while revenues came in at $626.7 million versus $626.398 million expected.
Viva Energy Group Ltd (ASX:VEA) fell 3.8% after reporting EPS of $0.19 versus $0.2 expected on revenues of $9.876 billion versus $9.952 billion expected.