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BUZZ-SkyePharma: strong first-half boosts stock

** The specialty pharmaceutical company's shares up 5.8 pct, making them top gainers on the FTSE Small Cap Index , after reporting strong H1 results and indicating a better-than-expected full year

** SkyePharma (LSE: SKP.L - news) reported a 19 pct rise in H1 revenue and said it expects continued substantial growth in revenues in 2015 compared with 2014

** 15 times daily avg trading volumes traded in first 30 mins

** Up to Tuesday's close, the stock had lost 20 pct YTD

** Finncap initiates coverage with "buy" recommendation and 351 p price target; says in absence of any value-enhancing M&A, sees 31 pct upside in one year

(Reuters Messaging: roshni.menon.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)