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BUZZ-Millennium & Copthorne Hotels nears post-crisis high

Reuters - UK Focus

** Huge volumes pushes Millennium & Copthorne Hotels (LSE: MLC.L - news) to near post-crisis high.

** Stock is most-traded on FTSE 250 today at over twenty times the five-day average & was the 4th-highest riser on the index, up 4.2 percent.

** Shares (Frankfurt: DI6.F - news) touched 604.5p in afternoon trading, just shy of the post-crisis high of 605.5p set in October 2013, after starting the session at 580p.

Chart: http://link.reuters.com/qyv72w

** The hotelier reported "disappointing" H1 operating profits of 64.7 million pounds in July, down 10 percent from H1 2013. [ID: nRSe8085Na]

(RM (LSE: RM.L - news) : alasdair.pal.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)