UK's Filtronic dips as half-year earnings decline
** Shares of UK-based designer and manufacturer Filtronic FTC.L down 3% at 177 p ** Co reports HY adj EBITDA of 5.1 million pounds ($6.99 million), down from 8.7 million pounds as it makes investments in high‑growth markets ** FTC's half year operating profit also dropped to 2.6 mln pounds from 6.8 mln pounds ** YTD, stock up 0.6% ($1 = 0.7299 pounds) (Reporting by Tuhina in Bengaluru) ((Tuhina@thomsonreuters.com))