11th Aug 2026 10:16
(Alliance News) - The following are the leading risers and fallers among FTSE 100 and 250 index constituents on Tuesday.
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FTSE 100 winners
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BP PLC, up 1.5% at 532.65 pence, supported by rising oil price
Shell PLC, up 1.3% at 3,340p, also tracks oil higher
IG Group Holdings PLC, up 1.1% at 1,375.5p, up for third successive day after falling for five in-a-row following its deal to buy US sports prediction market operator Underdog
Babcock International Group PLC, up 1.0% at 1,202.5p
Glencore PLC, up 0.8% at 573p
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FTSE 100 losers
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Spirax Group PLC, down 10% at 6,855p, lack of guidance boost hits shares
Legal & General Group PLC, down 3.4% at 300.7p, trio of cuts to 'sell' so far this week
M&G PLC, down 2.8% at 352.25p, UBS cuts to 'sell' from 'neutral'
Prudential PLC, down 2.3% at 1,018.25p
Standard Life PLC, down 2.0% at 914.25p
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FTSE 250 winners
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Hunting PLC, up 3.5% at 467.5p
Harbour Energy PLC, up 2.8% at 258.3p, tracks oil higher
Oxford Nanopore Technologies PLC, up 2.8% at 132.5p
IntegraFin Holdings PLC, up 2.4% at 391.25p
Aston Martin Lagonda Global Holdings PLC, up 2.2% at 35.85p
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FTSE 250 losers
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Genuit Group PLC, down 4.3% at 292.2p, predicts "challenging" backdrop for the rest of the year
International Workplace Group PLC, down 4.1% at 178.1p, swings to half-year loss
Saga PLC, down 3.0% at 686.5p, hit a 12-month high on Friday
Schiehallion Fund Ltd, down 2.8% at USD2.09
Vesuvius PLC, down 2.4% at 396.2p
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FTSE 100 & 250 movers in focus:
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Spirax Group, down 10% at 6,855p, 12-month range 5,950.00p-8,050.00p. An unchanged outlook weighs on shares in the thermal energy and fluid technology company, AJ Bell analyst Dan Coatsworth believes. "Investors were disappointed by the lack of upgrades to earnings guidance," the analyst says. Spirax expects mid-single-digit organic growth in revenue for 2026. It says pretax profit in the first half of 2026 climbed 54% to GBP135.4 million from GBP87.9 million a year before, with revenue up 5.1% to GBP863.8 million from GBP822.2 million. Shares hit this 12-month low during intraday trade on May 20, but is up 15% since.
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Legal & General Group, down 3.4% at 300.7p, 12-month range 217.20p-318.10p. UBS and Goldman Sachs both cut the insurer and asset manager to 'sell' from 'neutral', a day after Citigroup did the same. The stock had hit its 12-month high on Friday, but fell 1.6% on Monday. It is up around 15% over the past 12 months. Justifying its cut on Monday, Citigroup thinks L&G's valuation now looks "demanding".
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BP, up 1.5% at 532.65p, 12-month range 399.35p-609.40p. A barrel of Brent tops USD90 again on Tuesday, looking set for fifth-successive daily gain. It had traded as low as under USD79 a barrel last week Tuesday, but Middle East peace hope has faded since. US President Donald Trump said Monday he would seek conflict compensation from Iran as part of any peace negotiations, citing attacks and killings stretching back decades allegedly backed or perpetrated by Tehran.
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Lion Finance Group PLC, up 0.8% at 12,604.05p, 12-month range 6,905.00p-13,190.00p. The stock hits a record high on Tuesday as it reports progress in Georgia and Armenia in the first half of 2026, boosting profit and net interest income. The Tbilisi-based lender in Georgia and Armenia, formerly known as Bank of Georgia, says pretax profit rose 19% to GEL1.45 billion, around GBP411.8 million, in the first half of 2026 from GEL1.22 billion the year prior. Net interest income grows 20% to GEL1.71 billion from GEL1.42 billion, while net operating income climbs 17% to GEL2.37 billion from GEL2.02 billion.
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Bellway PLC, down 0.4% at 2,091.26p, 12-month range 1,715.00p-2,890.00p. House completions were higher than expected in its just-ended financial year, with revenue growth boosting profit, and the residential property developer calls on the UK government "to act now" and boost the market. Growth in total housing completions for the financial year to July 31 was 11% to 9,695 homes, from 8,749 in financial 2025, topping its volume guidance of 9,300 to 9,500, Bellway says. Underlying operating profit is expected to have grown 5.4% to GBP320 million from GBP303.5 million a year prior, with revenue rising 13% to GBP3.14 billion from GBP2.77 billion. However, the adjusted operating margin is expected to have shrunk to around 10% from 10.9% "due to the increased proportion of lower margin bulk sales in the year". Bellway says it will launch a new GBP50 million buyback after its current GBP150 million programme is completed. "Similar to the prior financial year, customer demand throughout the autumn was impacted by uncertainty ahead of the government's budget. While we saw an improvement in trading in the early part of the spring selling season, there has been a moderation in customer demand since April in response to the rise in mortgage rates," Bellway adds.
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By Eric Cunha, Alliance News news editor
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