date:Jul 19, 2013
to 3.8 billion. Carrefour said that the continuing depreciation of Brazilian and Argentine currencies had a negative impact of 1.9% during the second quarter. Brazil lost some momentum during the period, with like-for-like sales growth slowing to 7.1% from 10.6% in the first quarter.
Carrefour CFO Pierre-Jean Sivignon stated that the market consensus for 2013 earnings before interest and taxes of around 2.2 billion was 'reasonable', provided exchange rates in Latin American currencies did not