(Reuters) – French construction materials group Saint-Gobain on Wednesday reported slightly better-than-expected half-year sales and confirmed guidance for the full year.
Its half-year sales amounted to 25.5 billion euros ($25.77 billion), beating the figure of about 25.2 billion euros forecast by analysts in a company-provided consensus.
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(Reporting by Alizée Degorce and Olivier Sorgho; Editing by Jan Harvey)