UPDATE 1-Deutsche Post eyes further profit growth after record year

BERLIN, March 8 German postal and logistics company Deutsche Post DHL said it expected profit to rise by just over 7 percent this year as it reported annual results on Wednesday, driven by booming demand for parcel deliveries thanks to people shopping online. Europe’s biggest postal group said it delivered a record 1.2 billion parcels in Germany last year, a 9.2 percent increase on 2015, taking its market share to 45 percent from 43.7 percent in 2016.