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BUZZ-Victrex: Top of the Stoxx after small H1 beat

Reuters - UK Focus

** Specialty chemicals maker Victrex (LSE: VCT.L - news) 's shares up 5.7 pct, top of the Stoxx 600, after co reports better-than-expected H1 results

** Co says H1 pretax profit fell 12 pct to 47.5 mln stg, vs Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S (Other OTC: UBGXF - news) expectation of 47.25 mln stg

** Morgan Stanley (Xetra: 885836 - news) analysts point to lower fixed costs for beat, add co's outlook calls for material H2 improvement

** Co second-largest FTSE mid-250 gainer, with a fifth of 30-day avg vols gone through in the first 45 minutes of trade

** Best day for stock since September (venkateshasoumithri.mamidipudi.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)