Bank of America raised $1.47b by selling its remaining stake in China Construction Bank, generated a paper profit more than five times the original cost.
Most of China's major listed automakers reported profits in the first half of the year, as the country's automobile market went back to double-digit growth.
Microsoft Corp's acquisition of Nokia Corp's mobile business is not likely to introduce a real comeback for the latter in the world's smartphone industry.
Shanghai-listed Aluminum Corp of China Ltd, posted a first-half net loss of 623.8 million yuan ($101.9 million), an 80.82 percent year-on-year decrease.
The 2013 edition of the Top 500 Chinese Enterprises list was unveiled on Saturday, with China's oil giant Sinopec Group topping the list for a ninth year.
Insurers benefited from the performance of the nation's equity market, which significantly increased their investment returns in the first half.
China's large private-sector companies turned in a weak performance in 2012, with revenue growth slowing and profits contracting.
Home appliance retailer Suning Commerce Group Co Ltd headed the 2013 list of China's top 500 non-state-owned enterprises.
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China said that its net profit rose 12.4 percent year-on-year in the first half of the year to $22.34 billion.
Agricultural Bank sees profit rise
China Everbright Bank's profits rise 15.5%
CCB sees 12.63% increase in net profits
Agricultural Bank of China Ltd's net interest income stood at 180 billion yuan ($29.4 billion) in the first half of 2013, up 12.2 billion yuan year-on-year.
People's Insurance Company (Group) of China (PICC) said its net profits hit 7.54 billion yuan in the first half of 2013, up 53.2 percent year-on-year.
Company posted 213m yuan in operating income from refineries
Net profits at China Everbright Bank, a mid-sized lender, rose 15.46 percent in the first half of 2013 to 14.92 billion yuan, the bank said on Monday.
China Construction Bank (CCB), said its net profit rose 12.63 percent in the first half year from a year earlier.
The net profit of China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation (Sinopec), rose 24.1 percent in the first half of 2013 from a year earlier.
China's state-owned enterprises (SOEs) saw their profits pick up for three months in a row to the end of July.
Taiwan-based HTC Corp aims to become one of the top three smartphone vendors in the Chinese market in two to three years through product offerings and branding, the company's chief marketing officer said on Tuesday.
Net profit at China National Offshore Oil Corp rose 7.9 percent in the first half of 2013, the company said Tuesday.
French cosmetics giant L'Oreal announced Thursday its intention to acquire all the shares of China's Magic Holdings International Limited.
Chinese liquor giant Wuliangye Yibin Co Ltd reported net profits of 5.79 billion yuan ($946 million) in the first half of 2013, up 14.76 percent year on year.
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