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BUZZ-WPP: Top of the FTSE, record high after H1 sales beat

** Advertising group WPP (Frankfurt: A1J2BZ - news) 's shares up 3.4 pct, top of the FTSE 100 and second-largest gainers on the Stoxx 600

** Shares (Berlin: DI6.BE - news) hit record high of 1,807p

** Co says H1 net sales jump 3.8 pct, analysts expected growth of 3.2-3.3 pct

** Co sees FY revenue growth "well over" 3 pct, vs previous forecast of "over" 3 pct

** A tenth of co's 30-day avg vols gone through in the first ten minutes of trade

** Co defying FTSE gloom - one of two stocks gaining more than 1 pct on the day (venkateshasoumithri.mamidipudi.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)