Mauritius bourse gains 19 pct in H1, led by hotels

(Reuters) - Mauritius's main all-share stock index rose 19.0 percent in the first half of 2007, stock market data showed on Monday, driven by two hotel companies in the island's fast-growing tourism business.

The SEM-7 index, which tracks the largest seven companies by market capitalisation, jumped 28.3 percent over the same period, the data showed.


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Mauritius IBL Q1 profit off 37 pct on lack of tuna

(Reuters) - First-quarter profit for Mauritius-based Ireland Blyth Limited fell 37 percent to 36.28 million Mauritius rupees from 57.28 million in the first quarter of 2006, company figures showed on Wednesday.

IBL, one of the Indian Ocean island's largest conglomerates, said a serious and uncommon shortfall in tuna fishing had hit its production of seafood, but a rebound was expected.


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