Nov 27 (Reuters) - British bicycles and car parts provider Halfords HFD.L reported a 1% rise in first-half profit on Thursday, helped by a strong performance in its retail and motoring services segment.
The company reported an underlying pre-tax profit of 21.2 million pounds ($28.08 million) for the six months ended September 26, compared with 21 million pounds a year prior.
($1 = 0.7551 pounds)
(Reporting by Raechel Thankam Job and Nithyashree R B in Bengaluru; Editing by Rashmi Aich)
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