[Metro Holdings: contract sales decreased 20.67 percent in April compared with the same period last year] Metro Holdings released a business report on April, saying that the company realized contract sales of about 7.162 billion yuan in April, a decrease of 20.67 percent over the same period last year. The sales area is about 801500 square meters, a decrease of 16.46 percent over the same period last year. The cumulative contract sales from January to April was about 28.667 billion yuan, a decrease of 28.49 percent over the same period last year, and the cumulative sales area was about 3.3193 million square meters, down 19.2 percent from the same period last year.