HANSON TRUST SHOWS SHARPLY HIGHER HALF-YEAR PROFIT
Six months ended March 31, 1987
    Share 6.0p vs 4.1p, diluted
    Interim dividend 1.4p vs 1.05p
    Pre-tax profit 312 mln stg vs 158 mln
    Net profit 234 mln vs 114 mln
    Sales 3.47 billion vs 1.55 billion
    Operating profit 296 mln vs 164 mln
    Interest and other income less central expenses credit 16
mln vs debit six mln
    Company's full name is Hanson Trust Plc <HNSN.L>.
    U.K. Operating profit by sector -
    Consumer goods 123 mln stg vs 32 mln
    Building products 31 mln vs 26 mln
    Industrial 14 mln vs same
    Food 20 mln vs nil.
    U.S. Sectors -
    Consumer goods 25 mln stg vs 20 mln
    Building products 29 mln vs 25 mln
    Food seven mln vs two mln
    Businesses owned in 1986 and sold during 1987 nil vs nine
mln.
 Reuter
