May 3 (Reuters) - Gildan Activewear Inc GIL.TO
* Gildan Activewear reports strong first quarter results and reaffirms full year guidance for 2017
* Q1 adjusted earnings per share $0.39 excluding items
* Q1 GAAP earnings per share $0.36
* Q1 sales rose 12.2 percent to $665.4 million
* Reaffirmed its full year 2017 financial guidance Source text for Eikon: ID:nCCN11fPTb Further company coverage: GIL.TO