Oct 24 (Reuters) - Mexican bottler Arca Continental

on Thursday posted a third-quarter core profit that rose

around 10% to 12.68 billion pesos ($644.12 million), landing

slightly above the 12.49 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 13% to 5,13

billion pesos.

($1 = 19.6921 Mexican pesos at end-Sept)