Kesko presents positive half-year figures

Kesko group's building and technical trade fell by 4.5 per cent in June. The sale of K-maatalous agricultural trade on 1 June 2017 is particularly responsible for this decline as comparable sales excluding this business increased in local currencies by 1.3 per cent.
The half-year balance looks largely more positive. Sales to the amount of € 2.4281 bn in the building and technical trade division lie 36.1 per cent above the corresponding quarter of the previous year. The comparable change was 0.6 per cent.