raiffeisen bank international ag shares rose tuesday morning after profit jumped in the first half of the year supported by gains from the sale of its bulgarian business at 0729 gmt shares were up 88 at eur1305 the austrian bank posted a strong set of results with net profit rising to 171 billion euros 175 billion from eur612 million a year earlier operating profit of eur250 billion and net interest income of eur220 billion in the period fullyear guidance was upgraded with net interest income expected at between eur43 billion and eur47 billion and net fee and commission income of at least eur27 billion preprovision profit beat expectations by 43 driven by betterthanexpected topline performance while fullyear guidance now paints a much more optimistic picture for the second half compared with consensus expectations deutsche banks marlene eibensteiner said in a research note