23rd Jul 2026 10:11
(Alliance News) - The following are the leading risers and fallers among FTSE 100 and 250 index constituents on Thursday.
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FTSE 100 winners
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Segro PLC, up 6.9% at 956.40 pence, board late Wednesday backed Prologis bid
Anglo American PLC, up 5.6% at 196p, reports "strong" second-quarter production
3i Group PLC, up 5.0% at 128.5p, NAV rises as Action earnings up
BP PLC, up 2.5% at 13.2p, conflict escalation drives oil prices higher
Relx PLC, up 1.9% at 47p, half-year profit and sales increase
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FTSE 100 losers
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Centrica PLC, down 3.3% at 173.925p, first-half adjusted earnings decrease
Whitbread PLC, down 3.0% at 2,383p
SSE PLC, down 2.9% at 2,456p
Endeavour Mining PLC, down 2.9% at 3,637.5p, gold price declines
Rentokil Initial PLC, down 2.5% at 434.2p
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FTSE 250 winners
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Aston Martin Lagonda Global Holdings PLC, up 7.4% at 37.88p
easyJet PLC, up 6.7% at 624.5p, looks to summer despite profit fall
Michael Page PLC, up 4.2% at 180.85p
Hays PLC, up 4.3% at 59.875p
Safestore Holdings PLC, up 3.1% at 626.5p
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FTSE 250 losers
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Pennon Group PLC, down 4.4% at 473.6p
Mitchells & Butlers PLC, down 3.9% at 264.25p, sales flat as heatwave curbs appetites
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, down 3.6% at 621.5p
CVS Group PLC, down 3.0% at 1263p, despite revenue and adjusted earnings boost
AJ Bell PLC, down 2.9% at 597.5p, despite "record growth" for third quarter
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FTSE 100 & 250 movers in focus:
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Segro PLC, up 6.7% at 60 pence, 12-month range 604.4p-956p. The London-based warehouse property investor says late on Wednesday that its board is prepared to recommend Prologis Inc's "best and final" takeover proposal, after the US logistics property group improved its offer and agreed to seek a London stock market listing. The London-based warehouse property investor says Prologis' latest proposal comprises 0.0920 new Prologis shares for each Segro share, alongside a partial cash alternative of up to GBP3.5 billion, representing 25% of the total consideration. Based on Prologis' closing share price on Tuesday and prevailing exchange rates, the proposal values Segro at 1,031.70 pence per share, or around GBP14.0 billion. Including Segro's expected 2026 final dividend of up to 22.56p per share, shareholders would receive total value of up to 1,054.3p per share. The proposal is described as "best and final", although Prologis reserves the right to improve its offer if a competing bidder emerges or with the consent of the UK Takeover Panel in exceptional circumstances. Segro also says the Takeover Panel has agreed to extend the "put up or shut up" deadline to August 12 from July 22, giving Prologis more time either to announce a firm offer or walk away.
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Centrica PLC, down 3.3% at 173.925 pence, 12-month range 154.15p-218.7p. The British Gas owner releases its report for the first six months of 2026. Adjusted operating profit falls 9.5% to GBP497 million from GBP549 million the year before. Adjusted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation fall to GBP737 million from GBP900 million. Swings to pretax profit of GBP672 million from a GBP43 million loss, and ups interim dividend to 2.00p from 1.83p. Centrica says around 1,300 proposed job reductions are underway, in response to structural changes in customer behaviour. Says customer contact is falling sharply as around 90% opt to use digital methods of support. Proposals involve the reduction of around 500 contact-based jobs in its customer operations team, alongside additional cuts to offshore outsource support jobs. This will lead to an approximately 14% reduction in the company's customer operations workforce.
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easyJet PLC, up 6.7% at 624.5 pence, 12-month range 339.7p-680p. The budget airline reports third-quarter results, saying headline pretax profit has fallen 70% to GBP85 million from GBP286 million for the prior year. Headline earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation fall 38% to GBP304 million from GBP491 million. Group revenue increases 2% to GBP2.98 billion from GBP2.92 billion, but passenger revenue declines 1% to GBP1.74 billion from GBP1.76 billion, although airline ancillary revenue rises 3% to GBP753 million and holidays revenue jumps 14% to GBP489 million. Passenger figures stood at 25.8 million with a load factor of 88.9%, nearly unchanged from 25.9 million and 90.2%. Fuel costs increase to GBP732 million from GBP627 million. "We have continued to manage the impact of the Middle East conflict, and its effect on fuel prices and booking trends, during the quarter. Pricing has been attractive, driving strong late booking demand for our flights and holidays and our relentless focus on execution has delivered an excellent operational performance," says Chief Executive Kenton Jarvis. He adds: "As consumer confidence increases, we are seeing the load factor gap close for peak summer and an extension of the booking curve as customers continue to prioritise travel and take advantage of our great fares."
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By Emma Curzon, Alliance News reporter
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