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Investment provisions hit GFH

May 27 - June 2, 2009
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Bahrain-based Islamic lender Gulf Finance House has posted another, deeper quarterly loss due to investment provisions as the economic downturn hit real estate and infrastructure projects.

GFH's dual-listed shares fell 7.7 per cent on the Kuwait bourse after the bank posted a net loss of $37.7 million in the first quarter following $43 million in provisions taken on investments.

The firm posted a net loss of $10.53 million in the fourth quarter of 2008.







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