UK's Taylor Wimpey raises annual outlook, swings to H1 profit

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Britain’s third-largest homebuilder forecast 2021 operating profit of about 820 million pounds ($1.14 billion), above the top end of the company-compiled consensus range of 756-808 million pounds.

Pre-tax profit for the six months ended July 4 came in at 287.5 million pounds, compared to a loss of 39.8 million pounds in the pandemic-hit period a year earlier.

($1 = 0.7182 pounds)