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News: UPDATE 1-Australia's Downer EDI lifts guidance as first-half beats expectations

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    • Downer H1 net profit A$78 mln vs A$73 analysts
    • Targeting full-yr profit of A$175 mln vs A$160 analysts
    • Shares up 13 pct to 7-yr high

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    SYDNEY, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Australian engineering contractor Downer EDI Ltd (DOW) on Thursday posted an 8.5 percent rise in interim net profit and upped its full-year guidance, sending its shares to a seven-year high.

    Net profit came in at A$78.2 million ($59.27 million) for the six months to Dec. 31, the company said in a statement, beating analyst forecasts of A$73 million.

    The company added that it is now targeting net profit of about A$175 million for the full financial year, a decline from the previous year's A$180 million result but better than the A$160 million forecast by analysts.

    Downer is Australia's biggest non-government builder of roads, and also does construction and transport engineering work for miners and other large industrial clients.

    The company's Sydney-listed shares were up 13 percent in early trading, hitting their highest intraday level since early 2010. The broader sharemarket was up 0.3 percent.

    Sales rose 2 percent in the half-year period. The company declared an interim dividend of A$0.12, in line with the same period a year earlier.

    ($1 = 1.3194 Australian dollars)

 
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