Breaking pre-market news on Tuesday,

- Legal & General interim IFRS operating profit falls 92 per cent to £31m — statement.

- Northern Rock half-year underlying loss reduced to £269.9m — statement.

- Standard Chartered announces placing to raise £1bn, interim PBT up 10 per cent — statement, statement.

- BNP Paribas Q2 net income rises 6.6 per cent to €1.6bn — statement.

- UBS posts Q2 loss of CHF 1.4bn — statement.

- Munich Re posts Q2 profit up 11.9 per cent to €703m — statement.

- Royal Bank of Scotland sells Asia retail & commercial banking operations to ANZ — statement.

- Tullett Prebon interim operating profit up 19 per cent to £100.6m — statement.

- Corporate: Cookson, Aer Lingus, Qinetiq, Meggitt, William Hill, GKN, SDL, Heritage Oil, Drax, Xstrata, Moneysupermarket, Marston, Weir, Devro, Rotork, Givaudan.

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