BERLIN, July 29 (Reuters) - Germany's HeidelbergCement HEIG.DE brushed off the uncertainty surrounding Britain's vote to leave the European Union and confirmed its full-year guidance on Friday as it reported better-than-expected core profit for the second quarter.
The cement producer and world's biggest maker of aggregates, which makes about 11 percent of its revenues in Britain, said it had seen no negative impact from the Brexit vote so far on demand for building materials in the United Kingdom.
The buildings materials group posted a 5 percent rise in operating income before depreciation (OIBD) to 791 million euros ($876 million), on sales that dipped 2 percent to 3.575 billion. Net profit jumped 17 percent to 318 million.
Analysts had expected revenue of 3.645 billion and OIBD of 762 million, according to the average estimates in a Reuters poll. = 0.9023 euros)