- Tiffany & Co. beat on both the top and bottom lines amid strong demand from mainland China.
- Sames-store sales slid 1%, missing the Wall Street consensus.
(Reuters) - Jeweler Tiffany & Co's sales and profit beat market estimates, helped by strong demand for its fashion and high-end solitaire jewelry in its first full quarter under new Chief Executive Alessandro Bogliolo.
The company's shares rose 2 percent to $96 before the bell on Wednesday.
Tiffany said sales in the Americas, its biggest market, rose 1 percent in the third quarter, while sales from Asia-Pacific jumped 15 percent on strong demand in mainland China.
However, the company reported an unexpected drop in overall comparable store sales.
Tiffany's comparable store sales declined 1 percent, while analysts on average were expecting an increase of 0.02 percent, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
New York-based Tiffany's net income rose 5.4 percent to $100.2 million, or 80 cents per share, in the quarter ended Oct. 31.
Total revenue rose 3 percent to $976.2 million
Analysts on average had expected a profit of 76 cents per share and revenue of $957 million. (Reporting by Gayathree Ganesan in Bengaluru; Editing by Savio D'Souza)
