VIENNA, Aug 24 (Reuters) - Austria's Schoeller-Bleckmann Oil Equipment SBOE.VI posted its first quarterly operating profit for two years on Thursday, citing a continuing upswing in North America.
Second-quarter earnings before interest and tax were 2.2 million euros ($2.6 million) compared with an operating loss of about 6 million euros in the previous quarter and above the average estimate of 1.15 million euros in a Reuters poll. in the first half of the year doubled from the same period last year to 150 million euros. ($1 = 0.8477 euros)