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Builder’s profits climb in second quarter

The builder’s revenue advanced 67 percent to $860 million in the period.Rick Wilking/Reuters/File 2013

Shares of Toll Brothers, the largest US luxury home builder, rose this week on second-quarter profit as the company delivered more properties and raised its prices. Net income climbed to $65.2 million, or 35 cents a share, from $24.7 million, or 14 cents, a year earlier, the Horsham, Pa., company said. The average price of Toll’s homes delivered during the quarter rose to $706,000 from $577,000 a year earlier.