Group net sales amounted to 1.38 billion Swiss francs ($1.56 billion) for the half-year period ending December, up 3.9% organically but slightly below analysts' average forecast of 1.41 billion Swiss francs provided by LSEG.

($1 = 0.8852 Swiss francs)

(Reporting by Amir Orusov and Anastasiia Kozlova; Editing by Jacqueline Wong)