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Tesco beats forecasts with improved trading

London - Britain's biggest supermarket Tesco showed a tentative recovery in its key home market was starting to move onto a stronger footing, with the sales decline in its first quarter coming in ahead of forecasts.

A trading update on Friday, published ahead of a potentially stormy annual shareholders' meeting later in the day, said sales at British stores open over a year fell 1.3% over the 13 weeks to May 30, the first quarter of its 2015 to 2016 fiscal year.

That compares with analysts' forecasts of a fall of 1.6% to 3% and is an improvement on the 1.7% decline recorded in the fourth quarter of 2014 to 2015.

"Whilst the market is still challenging and volatility is likely to remain a feature of short-term performance, these first quarter results represent another step in the right direction," chief executive Dave Lewis said.

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