FRANKFURT, May 15 (Reuters) - German industrial group ThyssenKrupp said on Thursday its pre-tax profit more than doubled in its fiscal second quarter and said it expected profit in the second half to be at least as strong as the first.
The world's number four flat carbon steel producer said pre-tax profit for the three months to March 31 rose to 250 million euros ($288 million), above the 209-million euro average forecast in a Reuters poll of 20 analysts.
The group said it was aiming to at least match first-half pre-tax profit of 391 million euros in its fiscal second half to the end of September.