Dow Chemical earnings top estimates

Net income rose to $1.87 a share from 55 cents a year earlier

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Last Updated : Jul 26 2013 | 1:06 AM IST
Dow Chemical Co, the largest US chemical maker by revenue, posted second-quarter earnings that beat analysts' estimates after improved transportation and packaging demand helped its plastics unit.

Net income rose to $1.87 a share from 55 cents a year earlier, Midland, Michigan-based Dow said on Thursday in a statement. Excluding a payment that followed the resolution of arbitration with Petrochemical Industries Co of Kuwait, earnings were 64 cents, beating the 62-cent average of 17 estimates compiled by Bloomberg.

Revenue was little changed at $14.6 billion, topping the $14.5 billion average of 12 estimates.

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First Published: Jul 25 2013 | 11:46 PM IST