SGO Cie de SaintGobain

By Noemie Bisserbe

PARIS--Compagnie de Saint-Gobain SA's (SGO.FR) revenue slid 0.2% in the first-quarter, as strong-emerging market demand for building materials failed to offset sluggish growth in Western Europe.

Saint-Gobain said Tuesday its sales fell to 9.86 billion euros ($10.72 billion) in the three months to March 31 from EUR9.87 billion in the year-earlier period. Discounting the effects of foreign-exchange fluctuations and mergers and acquisitions, sales fell 1.2%, the company said.

Analysts polled by FactSet expected sales of EUR9.89 billion.

Saint-Gobain said it still expected operating income this year to be higher than in 2014, excluding the effects of currency fluctuations.

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