Koor, IDB To Report 1st-Quarter Gains From Credit Suisse Shares
30 April 2012 - 7:12PM
Dow Jones News
Israel's Koor Industries Ltd. (KOR.TV) said Monday that it will
record a gain of 490 million shekels ($131 million) to its net
profit for the first quarter due to the rise in value of Credit
Suisse Group AG (CS) shares, which it has been buying and selling
since 2009.
Last year, Koor lost about ILS3 billion due to its trading in
the Swiss banking giant as the shares declined sharply.
IDB Holding Corp. Ltd.(IDBH.TV), which owns a stake in Koor,
said it would report a gain of ILS340 million on its balance sheet
for the first quarter due to the rise in Credit Suisse shares.
IDB holding is a large Israeli holding company with interests
mainly in real estate, technology and industrial manufacturing.
IDB's subsidiary Discount Investment Corp. Ltd. (DISI.TV) holds 69%
of Koor, and IDB directly holds 13% of Koor. Koor invests in
telecommunications and other technological development and
manufacturing.
At 0803 GMT, shares of Koor were up ILS0.14, or 0.25%, at
ILS56.15; shares of Discount were up ILS0.27, or 1.41%, at
ILS19.40; and shares of IDB were down ILS0.38, or 1.42%, at
ILS26.34, in a lower Tel Aviv market.
-By Sara Toth Stub, Contributing to Dow Jones Newswires,
saratoth@gmail.com