March 24 (Reuters) - Precious stone miner Gemfields
Group reported a 2% rise in full-year profit
on Friday, boosted by higher prices for uncut emeralds and
rubies.
The company said headline earnings per share, the main
profit measure in South Africa, rose to 4.8 U.S. dollar cents
for the year ended Dec.31, from 4.7 U.S. dollar cents a year
earlier.
(Reporting by Hani Kollathodi in Bengaluru; Editing by Nivedita
Bhattacharjee and Rashmi Aich)
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