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Shares in drinks giant Diageo have sunk to the bottom of the FTSE 100 leaderboard, down 8%, after reporting a drop in sales and profits.
Diageo, whose brands include Johnnie Walker, Captain Morgan, Guinness, Smirnoff and Baileys, posted a 1.4% drop in reported net sales in the year to the end of June, to $20.3bn.
Fiscal 24 was impacted by materially weaker performance in LAC [the Latin America and Caribbean region].
Excluding LAC, organic net sales grew 1.8%, driven by resilient growth in our Africa, Asia Pacific and Europe regions. This offset the decline in North America, which was attributable to a cautious consumer environment and the impact of lapping inventory replenishment in the prior year.
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