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BUZZ-Balfour Beatty: investors take profit after positive results

Reuters - UK Focus

** Balfour Beatty (Other OTC: BAFBF - news) reverses course to trade -2.1% & among top FTSE midcap losers

** BAML suggests that restructuring benefits (that yield 1st annual profit in 2 yrs) already priced into stock

** British construction and support services firm posts 2016 PBT from cont ops before one-off items of 60 mln stg vs loss of 123 mln stg yr ago

** Higher disposals help co exceed 2016 cash targets, but cause analysts to cut 2017 disposal targets & headline EPS est (Liberum reduce 2017 EPS by 23%, BAML to 11p from 16.5p)

** Almost twice 30-day daily avg vol through

** Up to Wed's close, stock +5.6% YTD vs midcap index +4.9% (RM (LSE: RM.L - news) : esha.vaish.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)