Hershey beats quarterly sales estimates

(Reuters) - Hershey beat Wall Street expectations for quarterly sales on Thursday, riding on benefits from higher prices of its chocolates and candies.

The company's net sales rose to $3.03 billion in the third quarter ended Oct. 1, from $2.73 billion a year earlier. Analysts on average had expected $2.95 billion, according to LSEG data.

(Reporting by Ananya Mariam Rajesh in Bengaluru; editing by Milla Nissi)