** Next up 2.3%, second top FTSE 100 riser as posts 7.1% rise in H1 profit ** PBT £347.1 mln v £343 mln est flagged by one broker in the pre-market & v £324.2 mln in same period last yr ** Group also reiterates FY outlook ** Stock back up at levels seen end last week, before
Read more(ShareCast News) - Clothing retailer Next reported a 7.1% jump in first-half pre-tax profit, with revenue up as the company sold more items at full price than it had expected. Profit came in at £347.1m from £324.2m in the first half of last year, while total sales were up 2.7% at £1.91bn. Next's re
Read moreLONDON, Sept 10 (Reuters) - Next, Britain's second-largest clothing retailer by sales value, posted a 7.1 percent rise in first-half profit on Thursday after selling more products than expected at full price. The group, which trades from more than 500 shops in Britain and Ireland, some 200
Read more(ShareCast News) - Equities in the UK market ended lower on Friday after the US non-farm payrolls report missed forecasts. American employers added 173,000 jobs in August following an upwardly revised 245,000 in July, data released on Friday by the Labor Department showed. The figure was the smalle
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