Full Year results stated:
Kingfisher, Europe’s second largest home improvement retailer, has beaten forecasts with a 1.3% rise in annual profit
The company said a weak performance in France was offset by strong growth at Screwfix in Britain and in Poland
Underlying pretax profit of £797m in the year to January 31, 2018
Total sales rose 3.8% to £11.7bln
Raised the final dividend to 7.49p a share from 7.15p, bringing the full-year dividend up to 10.80p from 10.40p
52 week range: 288p – 368p
As of 8.06am the stock was trading down c.5.2% at c.320p