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BUZZ-Mitie: stock falls as operating profit hit by healthcare division

** British outsourcer Mitie 3.6%, among biggest losers on FTSE 250

** Co reports a 9.5 pct fall in first-half operating profit as local government cuts weighed on demand for its healthcare division

** Worst day for stock since March albeit just c8% below all-time high set early 2014

** Nearly half the daily avg vol of stock through in first fifty mins of trading

** 3 of 11 brokerages rate the stock "buy" or higher, 6 "hold" and 2 "sell" or lower; median PT is 298.50p

(Reuters Messenging: muvija.m.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)