Dubai: Emaar Properties, the Dubai-based developer, reported on Monday Dh2.84 billion in net profit attributable to owners for the first half of 2017, marking a nearly 15 per cent jump year-on-year.

The figure puts net profit in the second quarter of this year alone at Dh1.45 billion, up 14 per cent over the Dh1.27 billion recorded in the same quarter of 2016.

The company’s revenues rose by 8 per cent to reach Dh7.87 billion in the first half of the year.