Mubasher: National Bank of Bahrain (NBB) reported net profits of BHD 29.67 million for the first half of 2015, compared with BHD 28.74 million for the same period of 2014, a rise of 3.2%.

As for the second quarter of 2015, the lender registered an increase of 4.4% in net profits as it reached BHD 12.56 million compared with BHD 12.12 million for the corresponding period of the previous year.

The earnings per share for the six months of 2015 improved to 28.6 Kuwaiti fils compared to 27.8 Kuwaiti fils for the similar period of 2014.