BANGALORE (Reuters) - Costco Wholesale Corp posted a 9 percent rise in November sales at store open at least a year, helped by higher gasoline prices and strengthening foreign currencies.
The largest U.S. warehouse club company, which operates 582 warehouses across the world, recorded 13 percent same-store sales growth at its international segment in the month.
Analysts were expecting same-store sales to rise 6.2 percent, according to Thomson Reuters data.
For the four weeks ended November 28, net sales at Issaquah, Washington-based Costco rose 12 percent to $6.78 billion.
(Reporting by S. John Tilak in Bangalore; Editing by Hans Peters)