By Carlo Martuscelli

Porsche Automobil Holding SE (PAH3.XE) said Tuesday that its after-tax profit rose 32% in the first nine months of the year as it benefited from its investment in Volkswagen AG (VOW.XE).

The holding company made a profit of 3.52 billion euros ($3.88 billion) compared with EUR2.67 billion the previous-year period.

Net liquidity stood at EUR566 million, down from EUR864 million due to the acquisition of Volkswagen shares.

Porsche said it continues to expect to report a full-year profit of between EUR3.4 billion-EUR4.4 billion.

Write to Carlo Martuscelli at carlo.martuscelli@dowjones.com; @carlomartu

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

November 12, 2019 04:40 ET (09:40 GMT)

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