(Adds results in paragraph 3, updates share move)
Jan 30 (Reuters) - Swedish mining equipment maker Epiroc
EPIRa.ST on Thursday reported a fourth-quarter operating
profit that beat market expectations and said it expects
underlying mining demand, both for equipment and aftermarket, to
remain at a high level in the near term.
The company's shares are down 0.7%, in choppy trading,
having risen 2.7% after the results.
Epiroc reported quarterly operating profit of 3.43 billion
Swedish crowns ($311.58 million), against 3.35 billion crowns a
year earlier. Analysts, on average, expected 3.34 billion crowns
profit, per data compiled by LSEG.
($1 = 11.0085 Swedish crowns)
(Reporting by Elviira Luoma in Gdansk, Editing by Eileen Soreng
and Tasim Zahid)
((Elviira.luoma@thomsonreuters.com))