P505 Teletext 505 Jun21 01:34:44 ————————————————————————————— 18* HIGHER PROFIT DETECTED AT HALMA Environmental control, fire detection, safety and security group Halma was expected to report a healthy 18% increase in profit to about £40m on Tuesday. The big earnings jump has increased expectations in the City for anothjt set of record results. Analysts will bj looking at how greatly the strong sterling impacted profits. ——————————————————————————————————————— Financial headlines 500 City index 501 I.T.JOBS? - CONTRACT OR PERMANENT see p631 Next CompNews Shares Family Finance