Slovenian Petrol Q1 net profit up by 5 pct, sales down

Petrol dd Ljubljana

20/05/2016 07:19

LJUBLJANA, May 20 (Reuters) - Slovenia's largest fuel 
retailer Petrol  PETG.LJ  reported first-quarter group net 
profit of 14 million euros ($15.7 million) on Friday, compared 
with 13.3 million euros in the same period last year. 
    The increase came despite a drop in sales to 827 million 
euros, down by 6 percent year on year, the company said. 
($1 = 0.8922 euros) 
 
 (Reporting By Marja Novak; Editing by David Goodman) 
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