Photo: A branch of Dubai Islamic Bank in Ras Al Khaimah, UAE on October 16, 2019. Jeff Kingma / Shutterstock.com

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Dubai Islamic Bank posts 2.12 bln dirhams in H1 profit amid ‘difficult’ Q2


Dubai Islamic Bank on Wednesday (July 22) posted 1.007 billion dirhams ($274 million) in net profit for what it said was a “difficult” three months to June 30, a drop from 1.11 billion dirhams in the first quarter.

This takes the UAE’s largest standalone Islamic bank’s profit for the first six months of this year to 2.118 billion dirhams ($577 million).

The bank’s first-half profit dropped by 23.07%, from 2.753 billion dirhams, compared to the same period last year pre-COVID 19 crisis.

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