Tuesday, Nov 14, 2006
BEIRUT (Zawya Dow Jones)--Egypt's Abu Qir Fertilizers Co. said its first quarter net profit stood at 153.49 million Egyptian pounds ($26.78 million) compared with EGP152.92 million a year ago.
The company's financial year starts July 1.
The company had earlier reported a 29% surge in its full-year net profit, which reached EGP548 million in fiscal year 2005-2006 compared with EGP424.5 million a year ago.
-By Shikrallah Nakhoul, Zawya Dow Jones, +961 1 985757, shikrallah@zawya.com
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