Aggreko warns annual profit to be at least 8 pct lower

LONDON, July 24 (Reuters) - British temporary power firm Aggreko (LSE: AGK.L - news) warned that its annual profit would come in at least 8 percent lower than currently expected due to less favourable contract terms and a further slowdown in its oil and gas business in North America.

Aggreko said on Friday that it now expected full-year pretax profit to come in between 250 million pounds ($387.73 million)and 270 million pounds, compared to a current forecast of 293 million pounds from a poll of 17 analysts.

($1 = 0.6448 pounds) (Reporting by Sarah Young; editing by Kate Holton)