Al Mal Investment announced earnings results for the first half of 2014. For the period, the company booked a net loss of KD 7.03 million, compared with a net profit of KD 39,357 a year earlier. The company reported a loss per share of 13.3 fils for the period, against earnings per share of 0.07 fils for the same period of 2013.

The company said the negative performance was due to a KD 17.4 million loss recorded from the sale of an asset by an unnamed subsidiary.