UPDATE: Synlait shares jump as result allays fears about Fonterra-A2 tie up

UPDATE: Synlait shares jump as result allays fears about Fonterra-A2 tie up
Rebecca Howard
(recasts lead to include market reaction, adds broker comment in paragraph five, detail throughout)  By Rebecca Howard March 21 (BusinessDesk) - Shares in dairy company Synlait Milk jumped 9.9 percent after the company posted a record first-half net profit on increases in the manufacture and sales of high-margin products and its relationship with a2 Milk.  Profit jumped to $40.7 million or 22.69 cents a share in the six months ended Jan. 31, from $10.2 million, or 6.34 cents, a year earlier, the Rakaia-based company said in a statement...