Gold miner Centamin continued to rise after its fourth-quarter production results on Wednesday, in which it beat output guidance by five per cent. Liberum Capital labelled the stock as a compelling buy this morning. The shares have now risen by over a third in the last five days.

Price comparison website Moneysupermarket.com surged after saying that adjusted revenue is expected to have risen by 15% to £204.5m last year. Adjusted EBITDA is forecast to have risen 26% to £66m.

Meanwhile, Ophir Energy shares dropped to a five-month low as analysts warned investors of possible delays on the exploration venture in Tanzania with BG Group.

First Group fell after UBS cut its target price from 180p to 170p and downgraded the stock to sell.


FTSE 250 - Risers
Centamin (DI) (CEY) 55.85p +9.19%
Supergroup (SGP) 584.00p +6.96%
Moneysupermarket.com Group (MONY) 167.60p +5.87%
ITE Group (ITE) 239.70p +5.59%
Brown (N.) Group (BWNG) 375.10p +4.78%
Henderson Group (HGG) 143.00p +4.00%
Lonmin (LMI) 320.40p +3.35%
TalkTalk Telecom Group (TALK) 241.30p +3.34%
3i Group (III) 241.90p +3.33%
JD Sports Fashion (JD.) 695.00p +3.04%

FTSE 250 - Fallers
FirstGroup (FGP) 191.80p -4.05%
Ophir Energy (OPHR) 540.00p -4.00%
Rentokil Initial (RTO) 90.00p -2.12%
ICAP (IAP) 319.90p -1.96%
Enterprise Inns (ETI) 100.50p -1.95%
Ferrexpo (FXPO) 278.00p -1.80%
Cranswick (CWK) 876.50p -1.52%
Michael Page International (MPI) 402.00p -1.47%
Kenmare Resources (KMR) 34.41p -1.40%
International Personal Finance (IPF) 387.80p -1.37%

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