** Shares in France's Elis ELIS.PA are down 4.9% after the company reported Q1 organic sales growth slightly below consensus
** The French company specialising in cleanliness and hygiene reported Q1 sales of 1.132 billion euros ($1.28 billion), up 2.5% organically, a touch below the consensus figure of 2.6%, J.P. Morgan says
** Broker Midcap states the international context has led to a wait-and-see attitude among costumers, slowing sales momemtum
** JPM notes Germany in particular was "disappointing, with some contract losses in the public healthcare industry," leading to Central Europe growth missing the consensus by 100 basis points this quarter
($1 = 0.8815 euros)
(Reporting by Johan Bodinier in Gdansk)
((Johangeorgesroger.bodinier@thomsonreuters.com))