July 23 (Reuters) - Dow Chemical Co DOW.N reported a 28.7
percent rise in quarterly profit as margins rose, helped partly
by lower costs for raw materials used to make plastics.
Net income attributable to shareholders rose to $1.14
billion, or 97 cents per share, in the second quarter ended June
30, from $882 million, or 73 cents per share, a year earlier.
Sales fell 13.5 percent to $12.91 billion.