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DuPont cuts second-quarter, full-year operating profit forecast


    (Reuters) - Chemicals maker DuPont cut its operating profit forecast for the second quarter and full year, mainly due to a worse-than-expected performance at its agriculture and performance chemicals units.

    The company's shares fell about 4 percent in extended trade.

    DuPont lowered its full-year operating profit forecast to $4 per share from $4.10 per share, and said it expected second-quarter operating profit to be moderately below the $1.28 per share it reported last year.

    DuPont shares closed at $67.70 on the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday.

    (Reporting by Soham Chatterjee; Editing by Simon Jennings)