** Medical equipment maker Mettler-Toledo International's
shares MTD.N rise 2.71% to $1,394 premarket
** Co forecast annual profit above estimates, banking on
strong demand for its laboratory instruments used in drug
development
** Sees 2025 adj profit per share to be between $42.35 and
$43.00, above analysts' estimates of $42.13 per share - data
compiled by LSEG
** Posts Q4 adj profit per share of $12.41, beating
estimates of $11.71 per share
** Co's Q4 sales rose 12% to $1.05 billion, above estimates
of $1.01 billion
** Up to last close, stock had risen 8.82% in the last 12
months
(Reporting by Siddhi Mahatole)
((siddhiprabhanjan.mahatole@thomsonreuters.com))