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Saudi-based Al Rajhi Bank posted a slight rise in its second-quarter net profit. The bank made 2.12 billion riyals ($565.3 million) in the three months to June 30, compared with 2.09 billion riyals in the same period a year earlier. Profit for the opening six months of the year was 4.17 billion riyals, up from 4.10 billion riyals in the corresponding period of 2012. The results are in line with analysts' forecasts that expected the bank, on average, to post a net profit of 2.13 billion riyals for the second quarter.