BIC drops after outlook cut as US lighter market faces Asian imports
** Shares of BIC BICP.PA drop more than 10.5% at 0809 GMT, on track for their worst day in over a year and a half, after it cut its sales outlook as it faces Asian competitors in the US lighter market
** Bryan Garnier analyst Cedric Rossi said competition from Asian imports caused U.S. sales to decline
** BIC, which distributes stationery and products such as lighters, shavers and pens, revised its 2024 sales outlook to "low single digit" growth versus from 5% to 7% previously
** "Management was initially expecting the U.S. lighter market to stabilise in Q2, enabling BIC's lighter sales to gradually recover from Q2 onwards," the analyst noted
** Rossi noted that surprisingly BIC's EBIT guidance was maintained
Reporting by Nathan Vifflin
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