The Swedish group, vying for market leadership with US Whirlpool and China's Haier, said it still expected the US market to expand 4 percent and the European to rise 1-3 percent, but for the latter market growth was seen at the lower end of the range.
Electrolux said adjusted operating earnings rose to 1.39 billion Swedish crowns ($193 million) from a year-ago 1.08 billion to come in above a mean forecast of 1.33 billion in a Reuters poll of analysts.