London Stock Exchange H1 earnings see boost from FTSE-Russell
(Corrects paragraph 1 to say profit after tax, not pretax profit, rose 21 percent)
Aug 5 (Reuters) - London Stock Exchange Group, Europe's oldest independent bourse, said profit after tax for the first half rose 21 percent, aided primarily by robust growth in its global indexes business FTSE-Russell.
The company, which owns Borsa Italiana, MillenniumIT, Russell Investments and the London Stock Exchange (Other OTC: LDNXF - news) , said the period saw positive underlying results in its information services products, capital markets and Italian post trade divisions.
The 214-year-old exchange group said it would pay an interim dividend of 10.8 pence, up from 9.7 pence last year. (Reporting by Aashika Jain in Bengaluru; Editing by Gopakumar Warrier)
