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* FTSE 100 up 0.1 pct
* Unilever adds 3 points to FTSE on results
* Aberdeen Asset Management, SSE fall
By Liisa Tuhkanen
LONDON, July 23 (Reuters) - Britain's top share index edgedslightly higher on Thursday as better-than-expected results fromseveral companies, including Unilever, overshadoweddisappointing updates from Aberdeen Asset Management and SSE.
The blue-chip FTSE 100 index was up 0.1 percent at6,671.11 points by 0915 GMT.
It closed 1.5 percent lower in the previous session after apoorly received earnings report from Apple hit techstocks and weaker metals prices dragged down miners.
Chipmaker ARM Holdings was the top gainer on theblue-chip index, adding 2.7 percent as it recovered from themore than two-year lows hit on Wednesday after disappointingresults from major customer Apple.
Unilever rose 2.2 percent, contributing threepoints to the index's advance after it reportedhigher-than-expected quarterly sales, driven by gains in itshome and personal care units.
"Having raised our recommendation to Outperform relativelyrecently, we welcome a good set of results from Unilever,"analysts at RBC said in a note reiterating its "outperform"rating.
"First half results beat consensus expectations, albeit notby a lot, on all the important measures."
Kingfisher also gained on results, rising 1.6percent after the Europe's largest home improvements retailerposted improved sales growth in both Britain and France in itslatest quarter, helped by soft comparative figures in theprevious year.
On the downside, Aberdeen Asset Management tumbled6.2 percent after the emerging markets-focused fund manager saidit saw net outflows of 9.9 billion pounds ($15.5 billion) duringthe quarter ended June 30 as institutional investors cutexposure to Asia and emerging markets equities.
Among other top fallers, Britain's second-biggest energysupplier SSE dropped 4.4 percent after saying itexpected lower profits from its retail business this year. (Reporting by Liisa Tuhkanen; Editing by Toby Chopra)
