HONG KONG (Reuters) - Britain's largest insurer Prudential Plc reported a better-than-expected 34 percent rise in first-half operating profit, helped by improving investment returns amid a broader market recovery.
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The company reported a 40 percent rise in net profit of 968 million pounds based on International Financial Reporting Standards, beating a consensus forecast of 724 million pounds, and better than 688 million pounds it posted a year earlier.
The firm raised its half-year dividend by 5 percent to 6.61 pence per share.
(Reporting by Kelvin Soh; editing by Chris Lewis)
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