date:Aug 01, 2014
s of about 1.75 billion euros.
Metro also slipped to an unexpected attributable loss of 63 million euros in the quarter due to costs to close stores and overhaul its struggling consumer electronics chain Media-Saturn.
Metro shares had already fallen 30 percent this year, largely due to the company's exposure to Russia and its decision to delay a stock market listing of a stake in its Russian cash-and-carry operation due to market turmoil over Ukraine.
Carrefour, meanwhile, said the impact of