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Samsung Electronics says first-quarter operating profit up 48 percent year-on-year

The logo of Samsung Electronics is seen at its office in Seoul, South Korea February 28, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

SEOUL (Reuters) - Strong memory chip earnings propelled tech giant Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (KSE:005930.KS - News) to its best quarterly profit in more than 3 years, the South Korean firm said on Thursday as its first-quarter results matched its earlier guidance.

Samsung said in a regulatory filing its January-March operating profit was 9.9 trillion won ($8.75 billion), compared with 9.9 trillion won it estimated earlier in April.

Revenue rose 2 percent to 50.5 trillion won, also in line with its earlier estimate.

(Reporting by Hyunjoo Jin and Se Young Lee; Editing by Stephen Coates)