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Earnings per share (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2018
Earnings per share [Abstract] |
Earnings per share | Basic earnings per share have been calculated by dividing the loss attributable to equity holders by the average number of shares outstanding. Diluted earnings per share equals basic earnings per share for the periods presented.
Item |  | For the nine-month period ended September 30, |
|  | 2018 |  |  | 2017 |
|  | ($ in thousands) |
Profit/ (loss) from continuing operations attributable to Atlantica Yield Plc. |  |  | 120,512 |  |  |  | 42,582 |
Average number of ordinary shares outstanding (thousands) - basic and diluted |  |  | 100,217 |  |  |  | 100,217 |
Earnings per share from continuing operations (U.S. dollar per share) - basic and diluted |  |  | 1.20 |  |  |  | 0.42 |
Earnings per share from profit/(loss) for the period (U.S. dollar per share) - basic and diluted |  |  | 1.20 |  |  |  | 0.42 |

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