Icap, the world's biggest interdealer broker in the derivatives, bond and money markets, disclosed pre-tax profit up 30% to £58.2m (€90.97m) for the six months to September 2002.

Turnover was 23% higher at £311m, pushing pre-tax profit margins well above the industry average to 18.7% from 17.6%. Adjusted earnings per share were 26% up to 35.9p from 28.5p.