(Updates)

    ** Procter & Gamble's PG.N shares down as much as 2.4% to

$153.52

    ** Stock snaps streak of four sessions of gains

    ** P&G posts Q3 sales of $20.20 bln vs est $20.41 bln - LSEG

    ** Company maintains forecast for annual organic sales

growth of 4% to 5%

    ** "We see incremental near-term headwinds in China and

would expect the region to continue to weigh on performance" -

RBC Capital Markets

    ** P&G raises annual core profit forecast, owing to easing

commodity costs and 3% rise in prices across product categories

    ** Company expects FY24 core profit to rise in the range of

10% to 11% vs prior forecast of 8% to 9% growth

    ** As of last close, stock up 7% YTD

(Reporting by Anuja Bharat Mistry in Bengaluru)

((AnujaBharat.Mistry@thomsonreuters.com))