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| Bouygues' first-half sales up 9% The Bouygues group's consolidated sales for the first half of 2006 amounted to €12 billion, 9% higher than the same period last year. Bouygues Construction sales were boosted by France's buoyant market and further development in the electrical contracting and maintenance business. The decline in Bouygues Immobilier sales in first half is not representative of the full-year outlook, since sales are expected to rise in 2006 as a whole. The first-half fall was due to the completion of several office projects that had contributed to a large extent to 2005 first-half sales. Sales from Housing continued to grow, rising by 13%. Colas sales rose by 14% due to favourable conditions in all markets, notably Central Europe and North America. Like-for-like and at constant exchange rates, sales were up 10%, with an increase of 10% in France and 11% on international markets. write your comments about the article :: © 2006 Construction News :: home page |