Italian auto maker Fiat today reported a 69.8% drop in fourth quarter profit on a slump in demand for its cars from the economic slowdown in its key western European and south American markets.
Net profit for the last three months of last year was 180 million euros ($232.38 million) down from 597 million euros in the same period of 2007.
Full year profit was down 16.2% from 2.05 billion euros to 1.72 billion euros, Fiat Group said in a statement.
The results sent Fiat shares plummeting, just two days after they were pushed up by the announcement of a planned strategic alliance with U.S. automaker Chrysler LLC.
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