Christie set to beat profit expectations after strong end to year

Christie Group reported an “extremely strong” year-end performance in its business broking, valuation and advisory practice Christie & Co in an update on Wednesday.

The AIM-traded professional, financial, stock and inventory systems and services provider said that as a result, its operating profit for the year ended 31 December was now set to be “very significantly” ahead of current market expectations.

“Our excellent people teams are leading the way with transactional activity and related advice in our sectors,” said chairman and chief executive officer David Rugg.

Christie said it would publish its preliminary trading results for the year ended 31 December in April.

At 1422 GMT, shares in Christie Group were up 10.49% at 112.7p.