Guinness Ghana full-year profit slips nearly 27 pct

A pint of Guinness beer is seen outside a pub in London August 28, 2008. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor

ACCRA (Reuters) - Guinness Ghana Breweries Limited's net profits fell nearly 27 percent to 18.277 million cedis during the 12 months through June 2013, down from 25 million cedis during the same period a year earlier, the company said. Net turnover rose nearly 10 percent to 321.017 million cedis, while earnings per share dropped to 0.086 cedis from 0.133 cedis, the company said in a filing with the Ghana Stock Exchange on Monday.