TABLE-Israel's Nova Measuring Q4 loss narrows

Feb 20, (Reuters) - Israel's Nova Measuring Instruments
(NVMI.TA: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) (NVMI.O: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz), a producer of stand-alone metrology,
reported the following results on Tuesday.

(in thousands of dollars except EPS)

Q4 06 Q4 05 12-MTH 06 12-MTH 05
Revenue 14,066 8,837 48,292 30,142
Operating Profit (Loss) (864) (1,630) (2,507) (9,041)
Net Profit (Loss) (760) (1,525) (1,934) (8,414)
Earnings (Loss)
per Share Diluted ($0.05) ($0.10) ($0.12) ($0.55)

NOTE: Nova President and Chief Executive Gabi Seligsohn said
the company expects further growth from new products in the
second half of the year. "Together with our focus on controls,
we expect this growth to enable us to generate improved
profitability in 2007," Seligman said in a statement.