12:01 PM EST - SNC-Lavalin Group : reported a bigger second-quarter profit on Friday due mainly to higher operating income at its chemicals and petroleum and mining and metallurgy segments. The Canadian engineering company said it earned $41.1 million, or 27 cents a share, for the period ended June 30, up from $38.4 million, or 25 cents a share, for the same quarter last year. Analysts, on average, were expecting a profit of 32 cents a share, according to Reuters Estimates. SNC-Lavalin Group
shares T.SNC are trading up 80 cents at $39.69.
