STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Swedish truck maker AB Volvo reported on Wednesday a bigger-than-expected jump in second-quarter adjusted operating profit and raised its raised its market outlook for Europe and North America.
Operating profit before restructuring charges and legal claims was 21.7 billion crowns ($2.12 billion) against a year-earlier 13.8 billion and a mean forecast in a Refinitiv poll of analysts of 18.4 billion.
Volvo said it now saw 330,000 heavy trucks sold in the European market this year, and as many in North America. Its previous market forecasts, given in April, had been for 320,000 units, respectively.
(Reporting by Marie Mannes, Editing by Anna Ringstrom)
