Nigeria's Skye Bank H1 pretax profit up 47.4 pct

LAGOS (Reuters) - Skye Bank's first-half pretax profit rose 47.4 percent to 10.71 billion naira, the Nigerian mid-tier lender said on Thursday. Gross earnings climbed 33.4 percent to 85.20 billion naira during the six month period to June 30, the bank said in a filing to the Nigerian Stock Exchange.