TABLE-Grupo Mexico 1st-quarter profit rises 3.4 pct

MEXICO CITY, April 28 (Reuters) - Mexican miner Grupo
Mexico posted a 3.4 percent increase in first-quarter net
profit on Monday as high metals prices outweighed lower copper
output due to ongoing strikes.

Below follows a table of Grupo Mexico's (GMEXICOB.MX: Quote, Profile, Research)
results. All figures in US dollars.
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2008 2007 PERCENTAGE

JAN-MARCH JAN-MARCH CHANGE
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Sales 1.736 bln 1.575 bln + 10 pct
EBITDA* 1.025 bln 941 mln + 8.9 pct
EBITDA margin 59.04 pct 59.75 pct - 71 bps**
Operating profit 922 mln 829 mln + 11 pct
Operating margin 53.11 pct 52.63 pct + 48 bps
Net profit 453 mln 438 mln + 3.4 pct

* Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and
amortization.

** Basis points
($1 = 10.642 pesos at end March)
(Reporting by Mica Rosenberg; Editing by Andre Grenon)