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Trader Unipec’s unusually large FY18 hit amounts to $688MM

After coming out publicly with news in early January that Sinopec’s oil trading arm
Unipec had suffered significant losses, the company confirmed Jan. 25 that the business’
net loss was $688 million in 2018. Bad
hedging decisions and market volatility
were blamed for the losses, some of the
biggest by a commodity trader in the last decade. Earlier reports said analysts and industry
watchers had estimated losses from Unipec’s trades in 4Q18 at RMB 10 billion ($1.45
billion). Such numbers may......
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