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Swedish clothing retailer Hennes & Mauritz AB (HM-B.SK) Monday said sales at stores open for at least a year rose 4% on the year in August.

 
   MAIN FACTS: 

-Analysts polled by Dow Jones Newswires had forecast a like-for-like sales increase of 3.8%.

-Total sales, including value-added tax in local currencies, rose 14% in August compared with the same month a year earlier.

-Analysts polled by Dow Jones Newswires had forecast a total sales increase of 13.9%.

-Sales in the fiscal third quarter excluding VAT rose 11% to SEK32.04 billion.

-H&M had 2,964 stores on August 31, compared with 2,629 stores at the same time last year.

-Full earnings for the third quarter will be published on September 26.

-Shares ended Friday at SEK249.30.

-Write to Jens Hansegard at jens.hansegard@dowjones.com

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