By midday on Tuesday the FTSE 100 had more or less wiped out the previous day's losses as investors put fears over the potential collapse of Chinese property developer Evergrande to one side. Bus and train group Stagecoach rallied 18% to 80.5p on news that it was in talks to be acquired by by rival National Express in a deal that would see Stagecoach own about 25% of the combined group. Stagecoach shareholders would get 0.36 new National Express shares for each Stagecoach share. National Express jumped 7.5% to 239.8p. DIY retailer Kingfisher dropped 2.8% to 357.56p even after it announced a £300... Read More
| Top Five Risers (FTSE 350) | |||
| Company | Price | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Express | 239.40p | 16.40 | 7.35 % |
| Airtel Africa | 100.30p | 5.25 | 5.52 % |
| Pershing Square Holdings | 2,735.00p | 140.00 | 5.39 % |
| Royal Dutch Shell A | 1,507.60p | 70.80 | 4.93 % |
| Royal Dutch Shell B | 1,499.80p | 69.20 | 4.84 % |
| FTSE Indices | |||
| Company | Price | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|
| FTSE 100 | 6,979.45p | 75.54 | 1.09 % |
| FTSE 250 | 23,552.32p | 150.60 | 0.64 % |
| FTSE 350 | 4,039.26p | 39.85 | 1.00 % |
| FTSE Small Cap | 7,470.70p | 41.69 | 0.56 % |
| FTSE All-Share | 4,026.00p | 39.10 | 0.98 % |
| Top Five Fallers (FTSE 350) | |||
| Company | Price | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kingfisher | 347.90p | -20.10 | -5.46 % |
| easyJet | 638.20p | -16.00 | -2.45 % |
| Petropavlovsk | 21.14p | -0.50 | -2.31 % |
| SSP Group | 276.30p | -5.80 | -2.06 % |
| JD Sports | 1,087.00p | -19.50 | -1.76 % |
| FTSE 100 |
| Most Popular Shares | |||||
| TIDM | Company | Price | Change | Change % | Day's Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VELA | Vela Tech. | 0.078p | 0.00 | 0.00 % | 185,266,750 |
| SYME | [email protected] Cap | 0.245p | -0.005 | -2.00 % | 132,143,161 |
| KOD | Kodal Minerals | 0.342p | -0.018 | -5.00 % | 80,681,297 |
| COPL | Canadian Over | 0.332p | -0.008 | -2.35 % | 74,550,591 |
| OEX | Oilex | 0.205p | -0.005 | -2.38 % | 74,022,081 |
| LLOY | Lloyds | 43.425p | 0.28 | 0.65 % | 47,279,077 |
| UKOG | Uk Oil & Gas | 0.138p | -0.003 | -1.79 % | 44,451,817 |
| PREM | Premier African Minerals | 0.203p | -0.008 | -3.57 % | 42,877,691 |
| IAG | International Airlines | 172.32p | 6.14 | 3.69 % | 39,455,279 |
| MOS | Mobile Streams | 0.455p | 0.005 | 1.11 % | 37,369,673 |
| RR. | Rolls-Royce Holdings | 119.18p | 3.48 | 3.01 % | 28,413,237 |
| BLU | Blue Star | 0.14p | 0.005 | 3.70 % | 26,361,993 |
| GGP | Greatland Gold | 16.40p | 0.30 | 1.86 % | 24,100,953 |
| MSMN | Mosman Oil Gas | 0.158p | -0.01 | -5.97 % | 21,085,396 |
| TRP | Tower Resources | 0.365p | -0.025 | -6.41 % | 19,190,581 |
| EUA | Eurasia Mining | 22.50p | -0.50 | -2.17 % | 16,490,113 |
| ALBA | Alba Mineral Resources | 0.225p | -0.01 | -4.26 % | 18,015,008 |
| BARC | Barclays | 178.00p | 3.08 | 1.76 % | 15,922,381 |
| GCAT | Caracal Gold | 1.60p | 0.05 | 3.23 % | 15,640,648 |
| GLEN | Glencore | 320.35p | 5.55 | 1.76 % | 15,090,809 |
| BOIL | Baron Oil | 0.075p | -0.003 | -3.23 % | 14,877,800 |
| BP. | BP | 312.50p | 8.80 | 2.90 % | 13,729,195 |
| EOG | Europa Oil&gas | 1.65p | 0.00 | 0.00 % | 13,436,950 |
| ADV | Advance Energy | 3.15p | 0.05 | 1.61 % | 13,396,058 |
| RBD | Reabold Resources | 0.225p | 0.00 | 0.00 % | 13,183,358 |