TABLE-Washington Real Estate Q2 FFO rises
July 18 (Reuters) -
WASHINGTON REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST
(WRE.N)
(in $) Latest Yr ago qtr
FFO/shr# (diluted) 0.55 0.48
FFO/shr, cont ops 0.53 0.46
EPS (diluted) 0.18 0.18
EPS, cont ops 0.16 0.17
Net income (million) 8.3 7.7
Reuters Estimates: FFO $0.53
#Funds from operations (Reporting by Savitha Kalyanaraman in Bangalore)
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