BUZZ-Close Brothers: Top of Stoxx after oper profit beat
** Lender Close Brother's shares up 2.8 pct, top of the Stoxx 600 in decent volume after FY adj. oper profit rises 4 pct
** Co reports FY adj. oper profit 233.6 mln stg (Panmure Gordon flags consensus at 226.6 mln stg)
** Adds Brexit has had little direct impact on its businesses
** Shares (Berlin: DI6.BE - news) hit 10-mth high in early trade, top of the Stoxx 600 Financial Services Index (venkateshasoumithri.mamidipudi.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)