CIFI Holdings (Group) Co. Ltd. announced an interim dividend of 4.35 Chinese fen per ordinary share for the first half of 2017, up from the 3.42 fen per share paid out in the year-ago period.

Earlier on May 31, the group paid out a 2016 full-year final per-share dividend of 11.5 fen to shareholders.

As of Aug. 8, US$1 was equivalent to 6.70 Chinese yuan.