United Utilities says trading in line with forecasts

LONDON (Reuters) - United Utilities (UU.L) said on Friday its trading for the current year was in line with expectations, and increased its final dividend by nearly 4 percent compared to the previous year.

"Consistent with our previous policy of growing dividends in line with inflation, the board is proposing to increase the final dividend by 3.87 percent compared with last year," Chairman Richard Evans said in a statement.

(Reporting by John Bowker; Editing by Quentin Webb)