FTSE 250 movers: Miners lead upside as N Brown brings up the rear
As on the top tier, mining stocks moved higher as a weaker dollar prompted a jump in gold and silver prices.
Brown (N.) Group
15.00p
16:29 22/04/24
CaixaBank SA
€4.86
18:15 22/04/24
Hays
91.65p
09:39 23/04/24
KAZ Minerals
849.00p
16:40 10/05/21
Polymetal International
215.00p
16:35 31/07/23
Recruitment firm Hays has made a "good start" to the new financial year with like-for-like (LFL) net fees up 9% in the first quarter. Fees from temporary positions increased by 7% on a LFL basis in the three months to 30 September, while permanent fees rose 12%.
Polymer products group Victrex said it made a "strong finish" in the 12 months to 30 September, with growth momentum continuing as it started the new financial year.
Clothing retailer N Brown tumbled after it lowered its guidance for full-year profits after the second half started weakly due to mild weather. The board now expects pre-tax profits of between £88m-£92m, before expected reorganisation costs of around £5m.
Cobham and Rightmove also dropped after going ex-dividend.
FTSE 250 - Risers
Kazakhmys (KAZ) 251.10p +3.72%
Hays (HAS) 124.10p +3.42%
Hikma Pharmaceuticals (HIK) 1,850.00p +2.89%
African Barrick Gold (ABG) 206.20p +2.84%
BTG (BTG) 733.00p +2.73%
Polymetal International (POLY) 480.50p +2.08%
Michael Page International (MPI) 424.10p +1.97%
Petra Diamonds Ltd.(DI) (PDL) 187.70p +1.96%
Wood Group (John) (WG.) 690.50p +1.77%
Vedanta Resources (VED) 921.00p +1.71%
FTSE 250 - Fallers
Brown (N.) Group (BWNG) 303.00p -12.98%
BlackRock World Mining Trust (BRWM) 374.50p -9.63%
Bodycote (BOY) 595.50p -4.64%
Oxford Instruments (OXIG) 966.50p -4.50%
Zoopla Property Group (WI) (ZPLA) 211.90p -4.12%
Premier Oil (PMO) 287.10p -4.08%
Just Retirement Group (JRG) 121.90p -3.64%
Nostrum Oil & Gas (NOG) 720.00p -3.49%
Keller Group (KLR) 795.50p -3.34%
EnQuest (ENQ) 89.70p -3.03%