** Huge volumes pushes Millennium & Copthorne Hotels to near post-crisis high.
** Stock is most-traded on FTSE 250 today at overtwenty times the five-day average & was the 4th-highest riser onthe index, up 4.2 percent.
** Shares touched 604.5p in afternoon trading, just shy ofthe post-crisis high of 605.5p set in October 2013, afterstarting the session at 580p.
Chart: http://link.reuters.com/qyv72w
** The hotelier reported "disappointing" H1 operatingprofits of 64.7 million pounds in July, down 10 percent from H12013. [ID: nRSe8085Na]
(RM: alasdair.pal.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)
