NEW YORK (Reuters) - United Parcel Service Inc , the package delivery company, posted a sharply bigger quarterly profit on Thursday and raised its outlook for the year as export volume jumped 15 percent.
UPS reported a profit of $845 million, or 84 cents per share, compared with a profit of $445 million, or 44 cents per share, a year earlier.
Revenue rose 13 percent to $12.2 billion.
Atlanta-based UPS raised its guidance to a range of $3.35 to $3.45 per share from $3.05 to $3.30 per share.
"Substantial growth in our international segment continues to outpace the market," CEO Scott Davis said in a statement.
(Reporting by Helen Chernikoff; Editing by Maureen Bavdek)
