ASX 200 rises 0.7%, Redbubble sinks, BHP dividend jumps on Tuesday 16 February 2021

The S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) rose by around 0.7% today to 6,917 points.

We’re now into the thick of reporting season, with results flowing from both the blue chips and some of the smaller ASX shares.

Here are some of the highlights from today:

BHP Group Ltd’s (ASX: BHP) big dividend

The ASX 200’s biggest resource company announced its FY21 half-year result to investors today.

One of the main headline-grabbers was that the BHP board decided to increase its interim dividend by 55% to US$1.01 per share.

BHP reported that its profit from operations rose by 17% to US$9.75 billion. Statutory attributable profit fell by 20% to US$3.9 billion which included an ‘exceptional’ loss of US$2.2 billion predominately relating to the…