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Egypt Arabia Cotton Ginning net jumps 48 pct in 07/08

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Reuters
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Sep 15, 2008

CAIRO, Sept 15 (Reuters) - Egypt's Arabia Cotton Ginning ACGC.CA had a 47.6 percent rise in net profit in the financial year ending June to 204.38 million Egyptian pounds ($37.52 million), the stock market said on Monday.

Amwal Al Arabia Cottons, an affiliate of Arabia Cotton Ginning, acquired four cotton companies for a total of $75 million in January.

Shares in Egypt's biggest listed textiles company were trading 4.19 percent lower at 7.77 pounds by 1126 GMT amid a wider market sell-off. (Writing by Wael Gamal; Editing by Paul Bolding)

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