August 26 (SeeNews) - Bulgarian industrial group Stara Planina Hold [BUL:5SR] said on Friday its first half consolidated net profit after minority interests rose 13% year-on-year to 10.8 million levs ($6.24 million/5.52 million euro).
The group's consolidated sales revenues rose by an annual 4.7% to 98 million levs in January-June, while operating costs edged up 3% to 86.5 million levs, its financial report filed with the Sofia bourse showed.
The group plans to invest a total of 17.8 million levs this year.
Stara Planina Hold's investment portfolio includes companies from the machine building, electrical engineering, perfumery and cosmetics, and textile industries.
The company's shares closed 0.49% up at 4.120 levs on Friday as 326 shares changed hands.
(1 euro=1.95583 levs)