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Feb 05 2012

Bahrain Islamic Bank's 4Q Loss Narrows To BHD20.8M Vs Yr Ago

Sunday, Feb 05, 2012

(This story was originally published Thursday.)

BEIRUT (Zawya Dow Jones)-- Bahrain Islamic Bank , or BisB , an affiliate of Kuwait's Investment Dar Co., Thursday said its loss amounted to 20.8 million Bahraini dinars ($55.2 million) in the fourth quarter of 2011.

The bank had posted a loss of about BHD29.8 million in the corresponding quarter of 2010, according to Zawya Dow Jones calculations.

The fourth-quarter loss was mainly due to provisions against finances and investments, BisB said in a statement posted on the Bahrain bourse website.

Full-year loss also narrowed falling to BHD17.35 million from BHD39.71 million in the preceding year, according to the statement.

The lender said it swung to a full-year operating profit of BHD6.6 million from an operating loss of BHD1.4 million in 2010.

In a separate statement, BisB said its board has proposed that no cash dividends or bonus shares be distributed for the financial year 2011.

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

Copyright (c) 2012 Dow Jones & Co.

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

05-02-12 0354GMT

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