Oman-based Raysut Cement said in a bourse filing that it made a net profit after tax of OMR20.9m (US$54.3m) in the first nine months of 2014, up 8.9 per cent from OMR19.2m in the year-ago period.

The company posted a 17.8 per cent increase in net profit for the third quarter of 2014 to OMR5.3m (US$13.8m), according to Reuters calculations. Raysut narrowly missed expectations as three analysts polled by Reuters had expected the firm on average to make a net profit of OMR5.81m.