Reliance Steel profit jumps 63%
From the Associated Press
Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.’s third-quarter earnings climbed 63% partly because of gains from an acquisition, the Los Angeles company said.
Net income increased to $152.5 million, or $2.07 a share, compared with $93.6 million, or $1.22, a year earlier.
Quarterly sales jumped to a record $2.57 billion from $1.81 billion last year.
Shares of Reliance gained $3.28 to $25.66.
