Slovenia's Petrol posts 15 pct rise in full-year profit (updated)

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13/03/2015 07:35

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    LJUBLJANA, March 13 (Reuters) - Slovenia's largest fuel 
retailer Petrol  PETG.LJ  posted group net profit of 60.7 
million euros ($64.3 million) last year, up 15 percent on 2013, 
the company said on Friday. 
    Petrol reported annual sales up 2 percent to 4 billion euros 
on a 1 percent rise in sales of oil products to 2.8 million 
tonnes. 
    "In 2014 Petrol's business was considerably effected by the 
market movements of the oil price and the U.S. dollar exchange 
rate ... but managed to respond efficiently to market 
challenges," Petrol said.  
    The company operates 479 filling stations in Slovenia, 
Croatia, Bosnia, Serbia, Montenegro and Kosovo.  
($1 = 0.9440 euros) 
 
 (Reporting By Marja Novak; Editing by David Goodman) 
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