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Lucky Cement registered 52 percent growth in its net profit during the first nine months of current financial year on the back of high sales and export. Company’ s net profit increased to Rs 3.072 billion during the period under review against Rs 2.014 billion in the same period of previous year, financial results of the company sent to Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) indicated on Monday. Earnings per share (eps) rose to Rs 9.50 in July-March of 2008-09 from Rs 7.65 per share in the corresponding period of last year. Profit before tax also jumped to Rs 3.488 billion compared to Rs 1.629 billion in the previous year. During the nine months under review, company achieved a significant growth of Rs 61 percent in net sales revenue as compared to same period of previous year. The ratio of sales revenue from exports was 58.8 percent whereas the local sales accounted fro 41.2 percent in this period. The overall sales volume of the company stood at 4.154 million tons during the period under revie