Brief: Forbo Holding H1 EBIT up 11.1% to CHF 64.3 mln

Forbo Holding AG

16/08/2016 05:24

Aug 16 (Reuters) - Forbo Holding AG  FORN.S : 
    * H1 operating profit (EBIT) rose by 11.1% to 64.3 million 
Swiss francs ($66.18 million)(prior-year period: 57.9 million 
Swiss francs) 
    * Increased its net sales by 6.5% to 590.9 million Swiss 
francs in the first half of 2016 (prior-year period: 554.8 
million Swiss francs) 
    * H1 group profit from continuing operations rose by 12.9% 
to 51.7 million Swiss francs (prior-year period: 45.8 million 
Swiss francs) 
    * Forecast for the full year 2016 has not changed 
 
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($1 = 0.9716 Swiss francs) 
 
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