Russia's Gazprom says Q2 net profit jumps to $3.8 bln

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian gas giant Gazprom said on Wednesday its second-quarter net profit jumped to 259 billion roubles ($3.8 billion) from 48 billion roubles in the year-earlier period thanks to rising sales and energy prices.

It beat a forecast by analysts, polled by Reuters, for second-quarter net income of 228 billion roubles.

Sales increased to 1.83 trillion roubles from 1.39 trillion roubles in the second quarter of 2017.

($1 = 68.0330 roubles)

(Reporting by Vladimir Soldatkin; Editing by Susan Fenton)