TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese automaker Nissan Motor Co on Wednesday raised its earnings outlook for the year, helped by a weaker yen and favourable demand in the United States, after reporting a surprise first-quarter operating profit.
Nissan reported an operating profit of 75.68 billion yen ($688.6 million) for April-June, compared with a 153.93 billion yen loss in the same period a year earlier.
Analysts on average had expected a loss of 42.72 billion yen, according to Refinitive SmartEstimates.
Nissan now expects an operating profit of 150 billion yen in the year ending March 2022.
In May, the company had forecast that it would break even in the period. Analysts on average have since more than halved their expectations to a 112.5 billion yen profit.
($1 = 109.9100 yen)
(Reporting by Norihiko Shirouzu, editing by Louise Heavens and Kim Coghill)
