shares hargreaves services plc rose tuesday after the company said it expects its profitability for the coming years to be at least 30 ahead of current market expectations the industrialandproperty services company said that it continued to benefit from improvements in the year ending may 31 thanks to the performance of its german joint venture hargreaves raw materials services gmbh the board is now confident that hrms has sufficient visibility for the remainder of the current financial year to expect its contribution to hargreaves results in the second half to exceed that recorded in the first half the londonlisted company said shares at 0828 gmt were up 7800 pence or 16 at 55600 pence