‪Beltone Financial H1 net profit rises 2.8%

Egypt’s Beltone Financial Holding said Wednesday its net profit for the first half of the year rose 2.8 percent.

The group’s net profit for the six months to the end of June this year was 10,7 million Egyptian pounds (US$1,4 million), it said in a statement.

It had reported 11 billion pounds for the same period a year ago.

The group announced Tuesday that its subsidiary, Beltone Market Maker has joined NASDAQ Dubai to provide market-making services.

Beltone Market Maker acquired a market maker licence on the Cairo exchange in June 2014.