Ageas tracks best day in over 2 years on H1 beat, share buyback
** Shares in Ageas AGES.BR jump 6% to the top of Belgian blue-chip index BEL 20 .BFX, boosted by H1 earnings beat and a 200 mln euro ($223.1 mln) share buyback
** The share buyback, which has been hoped for by many according to KBC Securities, is "probably slightly above expectations", ING says
** Ageas also reports H1 net operating profit at 613 mln euros, ahead of the 575 mln euros in a company-compiled consensus
** KBC says H1 results are very strong with Belgium's slightly below-expectations performance more than offset by outperformance in other regions
** ING also flags very strong solvency at 219% and better-than-expected capital generation in Asia
** Shares are on track for their best day in almost 2-1/2 years, if gains hold, and touch their highest price in 3 months
($1 = 0.8966 euros)
Reporting by Mathias de Rozario and Dagmarah Mackos
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