Oct 28 (Reuters) - French industrial gases group Air Liquide AIRP.PA on Tuesday reported third-quarter sales which were in line with market expectations.
The company, which supplies gases such as oxygen, nitrogen and hydrogen to factories and hospitals, said its sales rose 1.9% on a comparable basis to 6.60 billion euros in the June-September period compared a year earlier.
Analysts polled by Vara Research were expecting sales at 6.59 billion euros on average.
(Reporting by Olivier Cherfan in Gdansk, editing by)
((olivier.cherfan@thomsonreuters.com))
