STOCKHOLM, March 16 (Reuters) - Swedish budget fashion retailer Hennes & Mauritz HMb.ST said on Monday its sales rose 15 percent in February, above a forecast of 13 percent in a Reuters poll of analysts.
Net sales in December through February, H&M's fiscal first quarter, totalled 40.3 billion Swedish crowns ($4.63 billion) excluding sales tax, against a forecast of 39.2 billion and compared with a year-earlier 32.1 billion. ID:nL5N0WC2EI
($1 = 8.6969 Swedish crowns)