Breaking pre-market news on Tuesday,

- Resolution to buy Friends Provident for $3bn – statement.

- Friends Provident posts £131m underlying profit - statement, statement
- Collins Stewart H1 profit drops 36 per cent – statement.

- Danske Bank Q2 pretax falls below expectations – statement.

- Corporate: Intercontinental Hotels,  Interserve, Adecco, Greggs, Thorntons, Jarvis, Vedanta Resources, Crucell, Douglas Holding, Heidelberger Druck.

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