Wolseley see revenue growth of 4 pct for next 6 months
LONDON, June 3 (Reuters) - British plumbing supplies group Wolseley (LSE: WOS.L - news) said it expected its revenue to grow about 4 percent in the next six months after it posted a 5.1 percent rise in third-quarter like-for-like revenue, lifted by strong trading in the U.S. and Nordic (SES: MR7.SI - news) region.
The company, which operates the Plumb Center and Ferguson chains in the United States and Britain, said it generated revenue of 3.05 billion pounds ($5.11 billion) in the third quarter on a like-for-like basis.
It posted trading profit for its ongoing businesses of 155 million pounds, up 0.6 percent. ($1 = 0.5968 British Pounds) (Reporting by Li-mei Hoang, Editing by Paul Sandle)