MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian internet giant Yandex on Wednesday reported a 34% rise in second-quarter adjusted net income compared with a year ago and raised its 2021 group revenue forecast to between 330 and 340 billion roubles ($4.49-$4.63 billion).
Yandex, which is spending $400-500 million on an e-commerce drive this year to tap into surging demand for online services during the pandemic, said gross merchandise volumes for its e-commerce businesses jumped 155% to 35.1 billion roubles year on year.
Adjusted net income stood at 1 billion roubles, while second-quarter revenue was at 81.4 billion roubles, up 70% year-on-year. Yandex had previously expected 2021 revenue to reach 315-330 billion roubles.
(Reporting by Alexander Marrow and Gleb Stolyarov; Editing by Katya Golubkova)
