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* FTSE 100 up 0.45 pct
* Intertek, Hargreaves down after results
* Domino's set for worst day in 17 months
By Danilo Masoni
MILAN, Aug 7 (Reuters) - The UK's top share index edgedhigher in morning trading on Tuesday as miners and oil stockstracked rising commodity prices, although some disappointingupdates including from Intertek and Hargreaves kept a lid ongains.
The FTSE 100 was up 0.45 percent at 7,697 points by0810 GMT, following a flat close in the previous day whenworries over Britain's exit from the EU weighed. The mid-capindex FTSE 250 added 0.1 percent.
"Though it still couldn't break out of its recent tradingbracket, the FTSE at least pushed to the upper end of it afterthe bell. The index's main boost came from the commoditysector," said Connor Campbell, analyst at Spredex.
Oil major BP and miners Rio Tinto, BHPand Glencore rose between 1.4 and 2.1 percentas oil prices rose with re-introduced US sanctions against majorcrude exporter Iran expected to tighten global supply.
Metal prices also gained with copper prices edging higher,aided by a weaker dollar.
The biggest moves, however, were among companies whichreported results, most of which disappointed investors.
Shares in Intertek fell 6.8 percent to the bottomof the FTSE after first-half earnings at the product testingcompany fell short of market expectations.
Analysts at Jefferies affirmed their buy rating on thestock, saying margins were still good, although they expectedconsensus estimates to be slightly trimmed to reflect theacquisition of training software form Alchemy last week.
Shares in Hargreaves Lansdown fell 3.5 percent, aswaning confidence among investors and rising costs took theshine off a record-breaking year for British fund supermarket.
Hargreaves said total assets rose 16 percent to a record91.6 billion pounds in the year to the end of June. Someanalysts said the flows had lagged forecasts.
InterContinental Hotels Group was also among the topfallers, following its results.
Mid-cap Domino's Pizza reported an increase inoverall half-year sales, but profits were weighed down byinvestments overseas, sending its shares down more than 9percent.
"Whilst the stock has already been weak into results, webelieve the slower LFL (like-for-like) growth, weaker profitgrowth and store opening run-rate will be a concern," said UBSanalysts. The stock led mid-cap fallers and was set for itsbiggest one-day fall since March 2017.(Reporting by Danilo MasoniEditing by Raissa Kasolowsky)