Kingfisher PLC - London-based do-it-yourself retailer with B&Q, Screwfix, Castorama and Brico Depot stores in UK, Ireland and France - Completes second tranche of GBP300 million share buyback programme launched back in September. Goldman Sachs International bought back 19.9 million shares on behalf of Kingfisher, spending GBP50 million in total. Kingfisher now has completed GBP100 million of the GBP300 million programme. The company says details about the third tranche will be announced "in due course".

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12-month change: up 8.0%

By Tom Waite, Alliance News editor

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