By Lars Mucklejohn Aquis Exchange has reported increased revenue across the majority of its divisions in the first half of 2024 as the fledgling London bourse battles a “challenging market backdrop”. Aquis, which is a challenger to the London Stock Exchange, posted a pretax profit of £1.1m for the six months, roughly £93,000 from the same period last year. Meanwhile, its earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) fell 6.5 per cent to £1.6m, which Aquis said reflected its reinvestment of profits “in personnel and technological resources to maintain the business’s grow…