Bakkafrost second quarter core profit drops 17%, but beats forecast

OSLO (Reuters) - Bakkafrost reported on Tuesday a smaller-than-expected drop in second-quarter core profit amid lower salmon output and a decline in prices, while the Oslo-listed fish farming company maintained its full-year production forecast.The company's April-June operational earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) dropped to 339 million Danish crowns (41.56 million pounds) from 408 million crowns in the previous year. Analysts in a Refinitiv poll had forecast April-June operational EBIT..