Carlsberg shares fall on earnings as it eyes disposals

Carlsberg has promised to address poorly performing parts of its business after half-year results came in slightly below expectations, sending its shares down 5%.

The Copenhagen-based company said it was sticking to a forecast for full-year organic operating profit growth in the low-single figures in percentage terms.

Chief Executive Cees‘t Haart, who took the job in June 2015, indicated more changes would be made as part of his seven-year strategy to boost growth.