Jan 26 (Reuters) – Swedish truck maker AB Volvo (VOLVb.ST) reported a slightly bigger rise than expected in fourth-quarter core profit on Thursday and proposed an extra dividend.
Adjusted operating profit rose to 12.2 billion crowns ($1.19 billion) from 10.1 billion a year earlier, against 12.5 billion seen on average by analysts in a Refinitiv poll.
Volvo proposed an ordinary dividend of 7.00 crowns per share, and an extra dividend of the same amount, for 2022.
($1 = 10.1895 Swedish crowns)
Reporting by Marie Mannes, editing by Anna Ringstrom
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