** Shares of German construction and engineering group
Bilfinger GBFG.DE are down 4% after the company posted its
quarterly figures urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nS8N2V000A
** The company's sales of EUR 961 mln surprised to the
positive, while EBITA margin declined year-on-year to 0.9% and
came in below Vara consenus of 1.6%
** "Low profitability should disappoint slightly," a local
trader said before the market open
** The company said it booked provisions of about EUR 10 mln
in Q1 related to the phase-out of the Russian business
** The stock is almost at the bottom of German small-caps
index .SDAXI
(Reporting by Anastasiia Kozlova)
((Anastasiia.Kozlova@thomsonreuters.com))