Engine Manufacturer Rolls-Royce increased revenues by 14% to £7,040 million during the first half, driven by a 26% improvement in the civil aviation division.
FTSE 100 insurer Aviva has announced that it will increase its interim dividend by 10% to 9.25p.
AIM listed portfolio analysis and asset pricing firm StatPro Group increased sales by 22% to £27.24 million for the 6 months ended 30th June.
Shares in FTSE 250 power generation specialist Aggreko surged upwards by 10.12% to 818.40p after group revenues climbed by 10%.
High street fashion retailer Next saw its shares plunge by 7.28% to 5,504p after the company revealed that full price retail sales dropped by 5.3%
AIM-listed fuel and food distributor NWF saw its shares drop by 2.90% to 191.77p despite revenues for the year ended 31st May climbing by 9.9%.
Shares in insurance giant Standard Chartered sunk by 2.50% to 679.40p despite a 34% rise in statutory pre-tax profits to $2.3 billion.
FTSE 100 energy outfit Centrica saw its shares drop by 5.31% to 144.60p despite management making assurances that last year’s dividend would be maintained.
Power controller manufacturer XP Power (LON:XPP) said revenue increased by 16% (+25% in constant currency) to £93.2 million for the six months to 30 June.
Brick maker Ibstock (LON:IBST) saw its shares tumble 31.4p to 246.6p (as at 11:26 BST) after it warned that full-year profits would be lower than previously guided.
