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Feb 14 2012

UPDATE: Kuwait's Zain 4Q Net Pft -14% On Foreign Exchange Fluctuations

Tuesday, Feb 14, 2012

--4Q net profit -16% as foreign exchange losses mount

--Result broadly inline with analyst expectations

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By Shereen El Gazzar

Of ZAWYA DOW JONES

DUBAI (Zawya Dow Jones)--Kuwait's Mobile Telecommunications Co., better known as Zain (ZAIN.KW), Tuesday posted a 14% decline in fourth quarter net profit, compared with a year ago, as losses from currency movements mounted.

According to Zawya Dow Jones calculations the telco made a net profit of KWD75 million ($269.8 million) in the three months ended Dec. 31. It made KWD87.2 million in the fourth quarter of 2010, according to Zawya.com data.

The latest result was in bang line with the KWD75 million result penciled in by analysts at Bahrain's SICO, while analysts at Kuwait-based Global Investment House had forecast KWD70 million.

Zain shares last traded 1.1% lower at KWD0.87.

-By Shereen El Gazzar, Dow Jones Newswires; +971 444 61684; Shereen.elgazzar@dowjones.com

Copyright (c) 2012 Dow Jones & Co.

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

14-02-12 0812GMT

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