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Tomkins says profits up over 80 pct

LONDON, June 27 (Reuters) - British engineering group Tomkins Plc said on Thursday year pre-tax profits almost doubled, and added that it saw signs of modest improvement in the automobile and industrial sectors.

Pre-tax profits rose to 264.4 million pounds ($403.5 million) in the year year ended April, up from 144 million pounds in the previous period.

Shares in Tomkins gained 2.2 percent to 257-1/2 pence on Wednesday, despite the turmoil in world markets after another U.S. accountancy scandal. The stock has outperformed the FTSE MidCap 250 Index by 37 percent in the past year.