TOKYO (Reuters) - Mitsubishi Motors Corp reported on Friday a 38 percent jump in third-quarter operating profit as the automaker's global vehicle sales rose, particularly in southeast Asia, its main market.
Japan's sixth-biggest automaker posted a 28.1 billion yen ($257.96 million) operating profit for October-December, up from 20.4 billion yen a year ago and exceeding the average 25 billion forecast in a survey of eight analysts, according to Refinitiv data.
Mitsubishi Motors kept intact its forecast for full-year operating profit of 110 billion yen.
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(Reporting by Naomi Tajitsu; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman)
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