WH Smith CEO sees 3-4 pct upgrade to FY forecasts

LONDON (Reuters) - Bookseller and stationer WH Smith's (SMWH.L) Chief Executive Kate Swann expects the market's consensus profit forecast to rise by around 3-4 percent after better-than-expected first-half figures.

Swann expects analysts to increase their full-year pretax profit forecast to 74 million pounds from around 71-72 million pounds, having already spoken to some analysts, she told journalists on a conference call on Thursday.

(Reporting by Chris Wills, Editing by Quentin Bryar)