Empresas y finanzas
H&M November same-store sales fall 4 percent
The mean forecast in a Reuters poll of 11 analysts had been for a 2.1 percent decline, with predictions ranging from a fall of 5 percent to flat sales on the year.
H&M only gives round numbers for sales and does not give currency figures.
Total sales for the month were up 7 percent from a year earlier, against a forecast of a 9.2 percent increase.