Oil and gas producers were on the rise despite falling energy prices, with Afren, Ophir Energy, and Exillon Energy all higher. Miners followed suit despite the ongoing economic woes.

Allied Gold, the Pacific Rim-focused gold producer, advanced on news it has agreed a new three-year $80m gold loan with RK Mine Finance.

The agreement means Allied must pay back the $80m in physical gold.

Logica was one of the biggest fallers despite winning a £500m government HR and finance IT contract, according to Computerworld UK.

The four year agreement was reportedly made in an attempt to centralise procurement.

Infrastructure contractor Balfour Beatty was also on the way down despite announcing its second contract win of a year that is less than a week old, with news of a five-year extension to its existing arrangement with National Grid.

In a deal worth up to £750m, Balfour Beatty will continue maintenance and upgrade work on the UK electricity transmission network.

FTSE 250 - Risers
Afren (AFR) 103.80p +4.43%
Ophir Energy (OPHR) 308.50p +3.35%
Petropavlovsk (POG) 664.00p +3.03%
Exillon Energy (EXI) 285.80p +2.73%
Allied Gold Mining (ALD) 150.20p +2.60%
Daejan Holdings (DJAN) 2,809.00p +2.29%
Great Portland Estates (GPOR) 331.70p +2.22%
Hochschild Mining (HOC) 403.90p +1.97%
JD Sports Fashion (JD.) 619.50p +1.89%
EnQuest (ENQ) 99.85p +1.58%

FTSE 250 - Fallers
Gem Diamonds Ltd. (DI) (GEMD) 185.40p -6.08%
Logica (LOG) 66.25p -5.76%
Cable & Wireless Worldwide (CW.) 17.41p -5.64%
Regus (RGU) 85.00p -4.60%
Paragon Group Of Companies (PAG) 174.20p -4.02%
Ocado Group (OCDO) 55.60p -3.89%
Heritage Oil (HOIL) 189.70p -3.56%
Hays (HAS) 64.40p -3.52%
Halfords Group (HFD) 291.00p -3.51%
UBM (UBM) 473.00p -3.21%

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