Shares in DFS Furniture PLC (LSE:DFS) bounced 11% to 145.8p on Thursday morning as the retailer reported strong interim results and strong current trading.
Order intake grew 10.1% in the 26 week period ended 29 December, which the company said was generally a subdued market, with both the DFS and Sofology brands gaining market share.
DFS order intake was up 7.8%, while Sofology orders were up 19.1%.
Underlying profit before tax sprang up to £17 million from £8.7 million a year earlier.
Trading through the first 10 weeks of the second half has seen order intake increase to 11%.
As a result of this, along with good cost control and assuming no further supply chain disruption, DFS said it expects to outperform the current consensus forecast and deliver underlying profit of £25-29 million for the full year.
"Longer term the board remains confident in achieving our £1.4 billion full year revenue and 8% PBT medium-term targets as set out in our 2022 capital markets day," it added.