Gelonghui, April 25 | Unilever (UL.US) U.S. stocks rose 5.2% before the market opened, to US$50.57.
Unilever\’s first-quarter revenue increased to 15 billion euros from 14.75 billion euros in the same period last year, higher than the market consensus of 14.66 billion euros; underlying sales increased by 4.4% year-on-year, and market expectations increased by 3.0%; sales volume increased by 2.2%, The market expected growth of 1.2%.
Sales of strong brands (accounting for 75% of total turnover) increased by 6.1%, and sales volume increased by 3.8%.
