Aug 20 (Reuters) - Building materials supplier Geberit GEBN.S reported a 0.7% decrease in its first-half profit on Wednesday and said it expects a continued decline in new construction activity across Europe in the second half.
Core profit (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) came in at 514 million Swiss francs ($636.06 million) down from 517.5 million Swiss francs the same period year ago.
($1 = 0.8081 Swiss francs)
(Reporting by Anastasiia Kozlova in Gdansk; editing by Matt Scuffham)
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