DCC shares fall 6% on profit decline

Shares in diversified support services group DCC fell by more than 6% on the back of a significant fall in profits and revenue in the first half of its financial year.

The Dublin-based group - whose interests range from retail fuels to healthcare and technology — said it generated a pre-tax profit of £57.6m (€67m) for the six months to the end of September, down from a profit of £85.9m for the same period last year. First half group revenues fell by 1.4%, year-on-year, to just over £7.3bn.