london stock exchange group reported a fall in pretax profit for the first half of 2023 and upped its total income growth views for the year to the top end of its guided range the stockexchange and financialinformation company on thursday posted a pretax profit of 662 million pounds 8415 million for the six months ended june 30 down from gbp803 million for the same period the previous year adjusted pretax profit was gbp1355 billion up from gbp133 billion missing estimates from a companycompiled consensus that had expected gbp139 billion it said total income excluding recoveries rose to gbp399 billion from gbp357 billion while consensus had expected gbp398 billion the londonlisted group now expects its 2023 total income excluding recoveries to grow toward the upper end of the previously guided range of to 8 it also backed its earnings before interest taxes depreciation and amortization margin target of around 48 and still sees capital expenditure of around gbp750 million the board declared an interim dividend of 357 pence a share up from 317 pence a year earlier