India, July 22 -- French rail equipment maker Alstom (ALO.PA,AOMFF.PK) on Wednesday reported higher first-quarter sales and reaffirmed its full-year outlook, despite lower order intake.
For the quarter, sales increased 4.9% to 4.734 billion euros from 4.514 billion euros a year earlier. On an organic basis, sales increased 4.8%.
Orders declined 37% to 2.560 billion euros from 4.075 billion euros, resulting in a book-to-bill ratio of 0.5x. Backlog stood at 102.8 billion euros at the end of June.
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