DuPont 1st-period net up 4%, sales up 12%

TEL AVIV (MarketWatch)
DuPont Co., the Wilmington, Del., chemicals and technology producer, reported that first-quarter net income rose 4% on 12% higher sales
Net income was $1.49 billion, or $1.57 a share, compared with $1.43 billion, or $1.52, in the year-earlier quarter
Sales reached $11.23 billion from $10.03 billion
A survey of analysts by FactSet Research produced consensus estimates of profit of $1.55 a share of profit on $11.21 billion of sales
DuPont affirmed that in 2012 it expected to earn $4.20 to $4.40 a share
FactSet's survey is looking for $4.26