LONDON, Nov 17 (Reuters) - Johnson Matthey, a worldleader in making catalysts for car emission-control devices,said it had raised its interim dividend by 5 percent to 20.5pence and first-half sales were also up 5 percent from a yearago.
"Trading for the group during the period was in line withour expectations in our continuing businesses on a constantcurrency basis," CEO Robert MacLeod said in a statement onThursday. (Reporting by Barbara Lewis and Sanjeeban Sarkar; Editing bySusan Fenton)