UK's Kingfisher rises on raising annual profit guidance after solid H1

** Shares of European home improvement retailer Kingfisher KGF.L up 10.3% at 336.7p; Stock is top gainer on FTSE 100 .FTSE

** KGF raised its FY adj profit guidance to range of £595 mln ($795.4 mln) to £635 mln Vs prior guidance of £565 mln($761.45 mln) to £625 mln

** Co posts HY Adj PBT of £404 mln Vs £368 mln a year ago

** HY Total sales rose 0.8% to £6.86 bln, while underlying like-for-like sales rose 0.3%

** YTD, stock has fallen ~2.2%

($1 = 0.7481 pounds)