Thursday, Sep 08, 2011

BEIRUT (Zawya Dow Jones)--Kuwait's Gulf Cable and Electrical Industries Co. said Thursday it has received purchase orders worth EUR16.83 million from Italian oil and gas contractor Saipem.

Gulf Cable, in a statement posted on the Kuwait bourse website, said the orders have been approved and will be delivered within three months.

Gulf Cable, a manufacturer of cables and other related electrical products, saw its shares rise 2.6% to close at KWD1.6 in an overall positive market Thursday.

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

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08-09-11 1024GMT