The truck and bus maker saw an adjusted return on sales of 8%, from 8.1% last year. Revenues reached 12.1 billion euros, beating expectations of six analysts polled by Refinitiv SmartEstimate of 11.8 billion euros.

Daimler Truck maintained its full-year outlook for the Group but lowered expected adjusted returns for its Trucks Asia business, which was heavily impacted by supply chain constraints in the second quarter, to 1-3% from 3-5% previously.

"Supply and not demand is still the limiting factor," a statement said.

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(Reporting by Victoria Waldersee, editing by Rachel More)