Monday, Jul 04, 2011

DUBAI (Zawya Dow Jones)--Second-quarter net profit forecasts for selected Qatar companies covered by Kuwait-based Global Investment House.



(QAR million) 2Q 11 Forecast 2Q10 Zawya

Qatar National Bank 1,775.7 1,438

Commercial Bank of Qatar 408.6 408.2

Qatar Islamic Bank 360.8 301.5

Qatar Telecom 673.3 571.2

Doha Bank 266.6 299.7

*Vodafone Qatar -143.5 -148.1

Masraf Al Rayan 346.4 302.9

Qatar National Cement Co. 110 145.4
*(Vodafone Qatar's financial year ends in March. Therefore, this forecast is for 1Q 2011-12 compared with 1Q 2010-11.)

-By Dubai Bureau, Dow Jones Newswires; +9714 446-1695; djnews.dubai@dowjones.com

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