CRH Plc Issues Trading Update; Q1 LFL Sales Up 3% - Quick Facts

(RTTNews) - CRH plc (CRH, CRH.L) reported a satisfactory start to 2017 with first-quarter sales up 4% compared with a strong first quarter of 2016 which benefited from very mild weather conditions across all major markets. Like-for-like Group sales for the first quarter increased by 3%.

Looking forward, overall, CRH plc expects total Group EBITDA for the seasonally less significant first half of the year to be ahead of last year. The Group continues to expect to make further progress on a Group EBITDA basis in second half 2017.

CRH will report its interim results for the six months ending 30 June 2017 on 24 August 2017.