UPDATE 2-Stryker profit up 26 pct on knees, hospital goods

(Reuters) - The company reported second-quarter net earnings of $269.1
million, or 65 cents per share, compared with a profit of
$213.9 million, or 52 cents per share, a year earlier.




Adjusted earnings per share from continuing operations rose
to 61 cents per share. On that basis, analysts on average had
expected 62 cents per share, according to Reuters Estimates.
Stryker sold its outpatient physical therapy business to a
private equity group in June.


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