Nike says its net income jumped 40 percent, helped by higher average selling prices and an increase in revenue around the world.
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Profit topped analysts' expectations, though revenue came in slightly short.
The world's largest athletic goods maker says net income for the three months that ended on Nov. 30 rose to $537 million, or 59 cents per share. That compares with net income of $384 million, or 57 cents per share, last year.
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Revenue increased 7.8 percent to $6.43 billion from $5.96 billion a year ago.
Analysts had expected the athletic footwear and apparel maker to report earnings excluding items of 58 cents a share on $6.44 billion in revenue, according to a consensus estimate from Thomson Reuters.
—By CNBC with AP