McDonald’s Corp.’s investment in online and touch-screen ordering drove a 13th straight rise in global same-store sales in the third quarter, allaying concerns about the world’s biggest fast-food chain’s poor growth in the United States.
Shares of the company rose as much as 6.7 percent in response and were on track for their best day in three years as the company beat forecasts for its main indicator of profit and same-store sales in its big developed overseas markets.
