** Shares in Fluidra FLUI.MC are down around 3% after the Spanish pool equipment maker's Q1 net profit missed market expectations
** Q1 net profit rose 29.3% y/y to 48 million euros ($54.55 million) vs Bloomberg consensus of 51.6 million euros, as cited by Capital Markets
** "Overall negative for the stock as net profit came below consensus estimates although at the operating front were in line with expectations", Capital Markets analysts say
** The stock is among the worst performers on the Spanish IBEX35 .IBEX index , which falls 0.3%
($1 = 0.8799 euros)
(Reporting by Mireia Merino)
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