House-builder Barratt Developments was firmly in the red despite revealing a 159.3% rise in pre-tax profit in the year to June 30th. The group signalled its intention to pay a final dividend in respect of the current financial year, but there was no pay-out for the financial year just gone.

Oil and gas group Afren edged higher after saying that it has started drilling at its Simrit-3 well on the East Simrit prospect in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, just 10km east of the successful Simrit-2 well which was drilled a few months back.


FTSE 250 - Risers
Aquarius Platinum Ltd. (AQP) 40.86p +7.19%
Home Retail Group (HOME) 101.40p +4.16%
Ferrexpo (FXPO) 200.10p +3.89%
Homeserve (HSV) 240.00p +3.72%
Cape (CIU) 245.00p +3.33%
Talvivaara Mining Company (TALV) 153.90p +3.22%
Paragon Group Of Companies (PAG) 207.00p +3.14%
EnQuest (ENQ) 122.90p +3.10%
UBM (UBM) 731.50p +3.03%
Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC) 35.19p +2.83%

FTSE 250 - Fallers
Barratt Developments (BDEV) 162.00p -4.54%
Lonmin (LMI) 583.50p -4.50%
Dixons Retail (DXNS) 19.28p -3.60%
Gem Diamonds Ltd. (DI) (GEMD) 172.00p -2.93%
Petra Diamonds Ltd.(DI) (PDL) 96.35p -2.48%
International Public Partnerships Ltd. (INPP) 120.20p -2.44%
Centamin (DI) (CEY) 83.15p -2.23%
Bank of Georgia Holdings (BGEO) 1,281.00p -2.21%
Ophir Energy (OPHR) 593.00p -2.15%
SIG (SHI) 103.90p -1.98%

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