FTSE 100 movers: Retailers, housebuilders lead gains
Anglo American
1,951.80p
16:40 28/03/24
Barratt Developments
475.60p
16:44 28/03/24
BHP Group Limited NPV (DI)
2,275.00p
16:40 28/03/24
Construction & Materials
9,897.77
17:14 28/03/24
CRH (CDI)
6,828.00p
17:05 28/03/24
Frasers Group
811.00p
16:35 28/03/24
Fresnillo
469.90p
17:05 28/03/24
FTSE 100
7,952.62
17:14 28/03/24
FTSE 350
4,383.21
17:14 28/03/24
FTSE All-Share
4,338.05
16:50 28/03/24
General Retailers
4,075.15
17:14 28/03/24
Glencore
435.30p
17:05 28/03/24
Household Goods & Home Construction
13,053.56
17:14 28/03/24
Imperial Brands
1,770.00p
16:40 28/03/24
Kingfisher
249.40p
16:40 28/03/24
Mining
9,418.88
17:14 28/03/24
Next
9,232.00p
16:40 28/03/24
Persimmon
1,316.00p
17:05 28/03/24
Tobacco
27,033.70
17:14 28/03/24
Retailers Kingfisher, Sports Direct and Next were occupying the top 10 on the FTSE on Tuesday, while housebuilders were also performing well as forecasts for a rate hike were pushed back after the inflation figures.
Persimmon moved higher after pleasing with a 57% jumped in first-half profits, while other stocks such as Barratt Developments were also higher.
However, building materials group CRH underwhelmed with its own interim results. The company swung to a profit in the first half, as favourable weather in Europe and an ongoing recovery in the States helped to offset difficult conditions in the wider Americas region.
Imperial Tobacco was up after it maintained its full-year guidance for "modest" earnings growth despite revenues slipping in the first nine months. Total reported volumes were down 8% in the first three quarters ended 30 June reflecting the company's "stock optimisation programme", while underlying tobacco volumes were 5% lower and so broadly in line with the industry.
Details of BHP Billiton's hotly-anticipated "portfolio simplification" were unveiled on Tuesday morning but failed to excite the market with the stock slipping sharply into the red. According to analysts, shareholders were likely disappointed that the demerger didn't result in a one-off capital return. The miner announced plans to create an independent company comprising its aluminium, coal, manganese, nickel and silver assets. At the same time the company also reported a 10% rise in underlying attributable profit to $13.4bn for the 12 months to 30 June.
Fellow miners such as Fresnillo, Glencore and Anglo American also fell into negative territory.
FTSE 100 - Risers
Kingfisher (KGF) 309.40p +3.34%
Sports Direct International (SPD) 725.00p +3.13%
3i Group (III) 391.00p +2.73%
Barratt Developments (BDEV) 367.50p +2.60%
easyJet (EZJ) 1,331.00p +2.31%
ITV (ITV) 212.00p +2.17%
GKN (GKN) 351.10p +2.15%
Imperial Tobacco Group (IMT) 2,580.00p +2.14%
Royal Bank of Scotland Group (RBS) 358.20p +1.99%
Next (NXT) 7,045.00p +1.95%
FTSE 100 - Fallers
BHP Billiton (BLT) 1,972.00p -4.60%
Fresnillo (FRES) 979.00p -2.39%
Rolls-Royce Holdings (RR.) 1,031.00p -2.18%
CRH (CRH) 1,437.00p -1.30%
Rexam (REX) 493.30p -1.16%
InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) 2,249.00p -0.97%
Anglo American (AAL) 1,586.00p -0.81%
Glencore (GLEN) 361.65p -0.67%
Meggitt (MGGT) 466.50p -0.51%
G4S (GFS) 263.60p -0.49%
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