July 18 (Reuters) - Mexican bottler Arca Continental
on Thursday posted a second-quarter core profit that
rose 7.5% to 12.17 billion pesos($665.52 million), landing
slightly below the 12.04 billion pesos forecast by analysts
polled by LSEG.
Arca, which sells bottled water, soft drinks and snacks
across the Americas, reported a net profit up 15.2% to 5.40
billion pesos.
($1 = 18.2862 pesos at end-June)