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Subject: Tencent has overtaken its rival Alibaba to become China’s most valuable tech firm after strong results
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Tencent has overtaken its rival Alibaba to become China’s most valuable tech firm after strong results
The operator of the WeChat messaging app is worth $249bn compared with $246bn for Alibaba
Tencent shares jumped by over 6% to a record high in Hong Kong after reporting strong quarterly earnings on Wednesday
The internet giant said profit rose by 47% to 10.9bn yuan ($1.6bn; 1.2bn pound) in the three months to June
Revenues surged due to growth in its online gaming business and advertising
Out of China’s three internet giants, the online gaming and social media company Tencent is now the biggest, but still least known in the West
Tencent has not attracted the same global attention as its rivals: Alibaba, with charismatic entrepreneur Jack Ma at the helm, and Baidu, the local equivalent of Google
"Revenues jumped, platforms are booming and it runs the Twitter and Facebook of China," an IG analyst said. "Investors are hoping that, like Facebook, they can turn active users into revenues."
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