Adjusted operating earnings at Sweden's Volvo fellto 4.85 billion Swedish crowns (445.66 million pounds) from a year-ago 5.09 billion to come in roughly in line with a mean forecast of 4.83 billion in Reuters poll of analysts.

"In the third quarter, profitability improved slightly as better underlying performance offset the impact from lower volumes," Chief Executive Martin Lundstedt said in a statement.

(Reporting by Niklas Pollard and Johannes Hellstrom)

Stocks treated in this article : Man SE, Daimler AG, Volkswagen AG, Volvo AB