UK's Persimmon rises after lifting 2026 home completion target

Persimmon

06/08/2026 08:17

** British homebuilder Persimmon's PSN.L shares up 3.25% at 1,159.9 pence
**  For 2026, co expects to deliver around 12,500 home completions, the upper end of its previous guidance, and sees underlying pre-tax profit in line with market expectations of £454 mln ($610.81 mln)
** Reports HY underlying pre-tax profit of £170.1 mln vs £164.9 mln, a year ago
** PSN down ~17.3% YTD, as of last close

($1 = 0.7433 pounds)

 (Reporting by Megha Kumari in Bengaluru)
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