BUZZ-Spectris: stock hits 2.5-wk lows as Q1 underwhelms
** Spectris (Other OTC: SEPJF - news) down c.2 pct as the testing & control equipment maker's Q1 LfL sales growth disappoints
** Organic LfL sales up 1 pct in Q1 on a constant currency basis, short of analyst expectations and materially slower than the rebound seen in Q4
** Co blames lower sales to the pulp and paper industry, particularly in Asia Pacific, and decline in sales to the academic research sector
** N+1 Singer expects to trim FY forecasts of revenue of 1.27 bln stg and adjusted pretax profit of 209.2 mln stg by low single digit pct given the weaker-than-expected growth in Q1 (RM (LSE: RM.L - news) : esha.vaish.thomsonreuters.net@reuters.net)