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Jul 24, 2019, 12:00 PM GMT
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Coca Cola Beats the Initial Estimations, and the Share Price Soars Afterwards

The company released its earnings report yesterday, and the total revenue surpassed the initial expectations. The reported earnings per share reached 0.63 cents, whereas the general forecast was for $ 0.62.

Thus, the reported revenue of the beverage giant for the second quarter reached $10 billion as opposed to the $9.99 billion expected. The share price closed yesterday's trading session at 54.33, which is an all-time record for Coca Cola.

The trading session opened with a huge gap at 53.25 from Monday’s closing price at 51.52 and thus, the stock closed Tuesday’s trading with a total of 6.07 per cent gain.