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BUZZ — UK's Kingfisher rises on raising annual profit guidance after solid H1

* Shares of European home improvement retailer Kingfisher up 10.3% at 336.7p; Stock is top gainer on FTSE 100 * KGF raised its FY adj profit guidance to range of £595 mln ($795.4 mln) to £635 mln Vs prior guidance of £565 mln($761.45 mln) to £625 mln * Co posts HY Adj PBT of £404 mln Vs £368 mln a year ago * HY Total sales rose 0.8% to £6.86 bln, while underlying like-for-like sales rose 0.3% * YTD, stock has fallen ~2.2% ($1 = 0.7481 pounds) (Reporting by Jahanvi Kothari in Bengaluru) ((jahanvi.kothari@thomsonreuters.com)

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