Thursday, Jun 21, 2012

BEIRUT (Zawya Dow Jones)--Kuwait's A'ayan Real Estate Co. (AAYANRE.KW) Thursday said its 65% owned Saudi unit Modern A'ayan Real Estate Development Co. has sold a plot of land in Jeddah city for 29.67 million Saudi riyals ($7.91 million).

Modern A'ayan will book a profit of SAR11.11 million on the transaction which will reflect in the second-quarter consolidated financial results of A'ayan Real Estate, the property developer said in a statement posted on the Kuwait bourse website.

Shariah-compliant A'ayan Real Estate is a unit of Kuwait's A'ayan Leasing and Investment Co.

-By Shikrallah Nakhoul, Zawya Dow Jones, +961 1 985757, shikrallah@zawya.com

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