London Stock Exchange full-year profit driven by most IPOs since 2007

The London Stock Exchange is seen during ther morning rush hour in the City of London April 11, 2011. REUTERS/Toby Melville

(Reuters) - London Stock Exchange Group Plc reported a 19 percent jump in adjusted full-year pretax profit, helped by a flurry of stock market listings last year, its busiest for initial public offerings in seven years. The 214-year old bourse said adjusted pretax profit rose to 491.7 million pounds in the year ended Dec. 31. (Reporting by Richa Naidu in Bengaluru; Editing by Anand Basu)