MARKET EXPECTATIONS

William Hill six months to June pretax profit 107.2m vs 118.4m

IMI six months to June pretax profit before exceptionals and goodwill 79m-81m vs 74.4m; interim dividend 6.6p vs 6.3p

Intertek. Baird Equities forecasts six months to June pretax profit 40m vs 37.9m; interim dividend 3.7p, up 10%

Taylor Nelson Sofres six months to June pretax profit under IFRS 32.9m vs 32.4m

Travis Perkins six months to June pretax profit under IFRS 110m-113m vs 95.3m; interim dividend 10.5p vs 9.5p

Vitec Group. Arbuthnot forecasts six months to June pretax profit 7.2m vs 6.8m; interim dividend 5p vs 6.1p

Robert Walters. Baird Equities forecasts six months to June pretax profit 4m vs 3.4m; interim dividend 1.05p, unchanged

Morning all.

Morning all.

End of day market wrap