Demand In China And U.S. Help Pernod Ricard Beat Q1 Forecasts

PARIS, Oct 19 (Reuters) - Spirits group Pernod Ricard posted a stronger-than-expected 5.7 percent rise in first-quarter underlying sales, helped by higher demand for its Martell cognac and Chivas whisky in China, and by robust growth in its main U.S. market.

forskolin diet For the first quarter ended Sept. 30, Pernod Ricard reported sales of 2.29 billion euros ($2.71 billion), marking a like-for-like rise hammer of thor forum 5.7 percent and above analysts' estimates for 3.4 percent like-for-like growth.

Pernod, varyforte ingredienti the world's second-biggest spirits group behind Britain's Diageo, said disruption from a ban on alcohol forskolin diet sales near highways in India, its second largest market, continued to weigh on sales but added this was now easing off.

Pernod also reiterated that a raspberry ketone 700 prezzo gradual improvement in its performance was expected from the second quarter.

The owner of Mumm champagne, Absolut vodka and Martell cognac said that, in an environment that remained uncertain, it was keeping its forecast for a 3-5 percent rise in full-year profit eracto negozio from recurring operations after last year's 3.3 percent growth.

($1 = 0.8473 euros) (Reporting by Dominique Vidalon; Editing by Sudip Kar-Gupta)