May 1 (Reuters) - Australian supermarket chain Woolworths WOW.AX reported a 3.2% gain in third-quarter sales on Thursday, underpinned by robust performance across all its major segments.
The country's largest retailer posted total group sales of A$17.31 billion ($11.09 billion) for the three months ended March 31, compared to A$16.77 billion a year ago. This comes above a Visible Alpha consensus of A$16.64 billion.
($1 = 1.5608 Australian dollars)
(Reporting by Roushni Nair and Rishav Chatterjee in Bengaluru; Editing by Alan Barona)
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