MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian gas giant Gazprom said on Wednesday its second-quarter net profit jumped to 259 billion roubles ($3.8 billion) from 48 billion roubles in the year-earlier period thanks to rising sales and energy prices.
It beat a forecast by analysts, polled by Reuters, for second-quarter net income of 228 billion roubles.
Sales increased to 1.83 trillion roubles from 1.39 trillion roubles in the second quarter of 2017.
($1 = 68.0330 roubles)
(Reporting by Vladimir Soldatkin; Editing by Susan Fenton)
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