Coca-Cola HBC third-quarter revenue up on volume gains

LONDON (Reuters) - Soft drink bottler Coca-Cola HBC reported slightly higher-than-expected quarterly revenue growth on Thursday, driven by higher volumes. The bottler of Coca-Cola Co drinks said third-quarter revenue rose 2.6 percent to 1.87 billion euros (1.62 billion pounds). Analysts on average were expecting 1.86 billion euros, according to a consensus forecast supplied by the company.Excluding the impact of currency fluctuations, revenue rose 4.5 percent, with the bulk of the growth..