** Home improvements retailer's shares up 2 pct, topgainer on FTSE 100, after reporting improved salesgrowth for the 10 weeks to July 11
** Co, which operates chains such as B&Q and Screwfix, saidsame store sales rose 5.5 pct in the UK and Ireland and 1.3 pctin France
** Stock also top gainer on STOXX 600 Retail Index,with a tenth of its 30 day avg volume having gone through in thefirst 20 minutes of trade (venkateshasoumithri.mamidipudi.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)