TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan’s Nissan Motor reported on Thursday it had more than doubled its operating profit for the July-September quarter, beating analysts’ estimates, boosted by steady sales in North America and Japan and a weaker yen.
The company reported a 127% rise in July-September operating profit to 208.1 billion yen ($1.38 billion), compared with an average estimate of 155.9 billion yen in a poll of 10 analysts by LSEG and a 91.7 billion yen operating profit in the same period a year earlier.
The automaker raised its full-year forecast by nearly 13% to 620 billion yen due to a favourable impact of a weak yen and improvements in global retail sales, excluding China.
The forecast compared to a 570.1 billion yen average profit forecast in a poll of 19 analysts by Refinitiv.
Nissan shares closed up 3.9% at 635.5 yen earlier in the day before it reported earnings, after a restructured alliance agreement with Renault that puts the automakers on an equal footing came into effect on Wednesday.
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(Reporting by Daniel Leussink; Editing by David Dolan and Muralikumar Anantharaman)
