** Shares of British battery and lighting distributor
Supreme Plc SUP.L down as much as 5.4% at 103.1p
** Says HY profit before tax down at 4.4 mln pounds ($5.3
mln) vs 8.5 mln pounds a year ago urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN32O1DT
** Sees FY23 trading to be ahead of market expectations with
positive start to H2 2023
** HY revenue up 6% at 64.6 mln pounds
** Including session losses, stock has fallen ~58% YTD
($1 = 0.8318 pounds)
(Reporting by Amna Karimi in Bengaluru)
((Amna.Karimi@thomsonreuters.com; +91 8083261226;))