

TOP NEWS: Barratt Developments ups home completion guidance


LONDON MARKET OPEN: Smurfit Kappa lifts packaging firms; Barratt rises


LONDON MARKET PRE-OPEN: Barratt lifts interim payout as results upbeat


* HY pre-tax profit rises 0.6% to 432.6 mln pounds* Targets FY home completions of up to 18,250 homes* Shares rise as much as 4% in morning trade (Ad...


(Sharecast News) - Housebuilder Barratt Developments reported a slight rise in interim profits and lifted its dividend despite an 11% fall in completi...


UK earnings, trading statements calendar - next 7 days


IN BRIEF: Henry Boot says HLM sells GBP25 million in plots to Barratt


Barratt Developments buys land promoter Gladman for GBP250 million