Monday, Nov 05, 2007

BEIRUT (Zawya Dow Jones)--Doha Islamic Bank is expected to make a full-year net profit of 110 million Qatari riyals ($29.75 million) in 2007, Doha-based Asharq daily reported Monday.

The bank's financial portfolio reached SAR2.2 billion by the end of the third-quarter and its share in local projects financing is 21%, the daily said, quoting the bank's vice-president Nael Al Zagha.

Doha Islamic Bank was established at the beginning of 2006.

Newspaper Web site: http://www.al-sharq.com

-By Beirut bureau, Zawya Dow Jones, 961 1 985757, beirut@zawya.com

Copyright (c) 2007 ABQ Zawya Ltd.

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