FRANKFURT, July 31 (Reuters) - German builder Hochtief HOTG.DE beat forecasts for new orders, sales and adjusted pretax profit in the second quarter, helped by cost cuts and more selective bidding for high-quality projects.
New orders at the construction group controlled by Spain's ACS ACS.MC jumped 44 percent to 7.09 billion euros ($7.76 billion), beating the Reuters poll average of 6.45 billion euros. ID:nL5N10A55L
Hochtief, which makes 97 percent of its sales outside Germany, won deals including to build a new rental car facility at San Antonio airport in Texas, part of a Sydney motorway project and an extension to Riyadh's King Khalid airport.
It confirmed its full-year forecast on Friday to increase operational consolidated net profit by 15-35 percent to 220-260 million euros.
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