stockholmswedens hennes  mauritz ab on wednesday reported fiscal second quarter sales that were above expectations the fashion retailer said that sales for the quarter ended may 31 increased by 17 on year to 545 billion swedish kronor 534 billion while net sales in local currencies rose by 12 a factset analysts poll had seen second quarter sales at sek5321 billion the company said figures are provisional and could deviate slightly when full firstquarter earnings are published on june 29