CHICAGO (Reuters) - McDonald's Corp reported a 6.9 percent rise in April sales at restaurants open at least 13 months, as strength in the United States helped offset the impact of the stronger dollar.
Shares of the company, which is one of the restaurant industry's top performers due in large measure to its Dollar Menu, were up 3 percent at $55.00 in premarket electronic trading.
The stronger dollar, which lessens the dollar-value of sales made overseas, led to an overall 1 percent decline at worldwide McDonald's restaurants, the company said. Sales rose 8.9 percent in constant currencies.
April same-store sales rose 6.1 percent in the United States, helped by new coffee drinks and chicken snack wraps..
(Reporting by Brad Dorfman and Lisa Baertlein, editing by Dave Zimmerman)
