** Shares in Rubis RUBF.PA are up almost 3%, after rising
as much as 5.5%, after the French energy storage group reported
H1 beat
** The company posted a 30% rise in its H1 EBIT to 244
million euros ($246.29 million) urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nTUC1YBJSP
** "Excellent half-year performance across all segments,"
said Portzamparc noting that EBIT beat consensus of 207 million
euros
** The brokerage also pointed to the distribution segment
which benefited from an unexpected 6% increase of unit margin
and a higher-than-anticipated progress of the segment in every
geographical zone
** The stock is among top performers on France's SBF 120
Index .SBF120
($1 = 0.9907 euros)
(Reporting by Michal Aleksandrowicz)
((michal.aleksandrowicz@tr.com))