Sony logs record Q2 profit on robust sales of image sensors for smartphones

Sony Corp has said quarterly operating profit jumped 16% on robust image sensor sales, its strongest-ever result for the second quarter, and it raised its full-year earnings outlook.

Operating income for the Japanese entertainment and electronics firm came in at 279 billion yen ($2.6 billion) for the July-September quarter, above the 239.5 billion yen in the same period a year earlier.

The result beat an average estimate of 235 billion yen drawn from nine analysts compiled by Refinitiv.