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FTSE 250 movers: house builders in focus as mid caps sour

Mon, 04th Jul 2016 18:25

(ShareCast News) - FTSE 250 stocks ended on a sour note with residential property-linked stocks figuring prominently among the fallers as UK construction data disappointed.Clarkson led to the downside as it warned full-year 2016 profits would be "materially lower" on the year due to lower freight rates, quiet capital markets and weak investor confidence.Thereafter the top-10 ladder of mid-cap losers was linked to residential property.Rightmove flopped following Barclays slashed its recommendation to 'underweight' from 'overweight,' and cut its target price to 4,300p from 4,550p.Also in the media sector, Moneysupermarket.com was cut by Barclays to 'equalweight' from 'overweight' with target price lowered to 260p from 390p.Property, residential, construction and services group Kier did its best to reassure investors over its viability on Monday, in the wake of the EU referendum.It said its underlying trading performance had remained in line with management expectations.Bovis Homes, Bellway and Redrow were also under the cosh as Brexit jitters engulfed the residential property market and focuses turned to the impact of UK house prices.To the upside, Aldemore firmed after chairman Glyn Jones went bottom-fishing in shares of his company, picking up £118,883.00-worth of stock on 30 June.This was received as a positive move by the market, shares in the so-called 'challenger' bank had been mauled in the aftermath of the Brexit vote.Market MoversFTSE 250 (MCX) 16,116.70 -2.12%FTSE 250 - RisersAcacia Mining (ACA) 482.90p 4.25%AO World (AO.) 147.20p 3.37%Hochschild Mining (HOC) 202.90p 3.26%Centamin (DI) (CEY) 146.20p 3.25%Vedanta Resources (VED) 444.10p 2.89%Indivior (INDV) 255.70p 2.20%Daejan Holdings (DJAN) 4,953.00p 2.10%Bodycote (BOY) 540.00p 2.08%Polymetal International (POLY) 1,081.00p 1.89%Aldermore Group (ALD) 123.10p 0.90%FTSE 250 - FallersClarkson (CKN) 1,850.00p -16.10%Moneysupermarket.com Group (MONY) 244.80p -10.98%Crest Nicholson Holdings (CRST) 362.90p -8.13%Bovis Homes Group (BVS) 708.50p -7.41%Shawbrook Group (SHAW) 160.00p -7.03%Rightmove (RMV) 3,500.00p -6.37%Bellway (BWY) 1,852.00p -6.24%Redrow (RDW) 312.20p -6.11%Kier Group (KIE) 987.00p -6.00%Close Brothers Group (CBG) 1,070.00p -5.89%
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UPDATE 1-Zambia to bring in variable tax on mining royalties

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18 Dec 2015 09:39

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15 Dec 2015 09:46

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14 Dec 2015 15:14

FTSE 250 movers: Commodities downturn clobbers midcaps

(ShareCast News) - The FTSE 250 bounced around on Monday with the market in the red by mid-afternoon, down 16.77 points (0.10%) to 16,860.52. The commodities downturn hit a number of FTSE 250 companies on Monday, with Evraz down over 15% by mid-afternoon. Three-month metal contracts were down, with

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11 Dec 2015 15:15

UPDATE 1-Vedanta's Zambian unit says faces slight copper output losses after power blackout

(Adds details, energy minister, CEC) LUSAKA, Dec 11 (Reuters) - Zambia's Konkola Copper Mines (KCM), owned by Vedanta Resources, said on Friday it would suffer slight output losses following a countrywide power blackout which hit Africa's second-largest copper producer. Most of Zambia

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11 Dec 2015 14:49

Vedanta's Zambian unit says faces slight copper output losses after power blackout

LUSAKA, Dec 11 (Reuters) - Zambia's Konkola Copper Mines (KCM), owned by Vedanta Resources, said on Friday it would suffer slight output losses following a countrywide power blackout which hit Africa's second-largest copper producer. Most of Zambia was affected by a power blackout on Thursd

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2 Dec 2015 18:29

UPDATE 1-Zambia announces sharp rise in electricity tariffs

(Adds quotes, mining firms not affected) LUSAKA, Dec 2 (Reuters) - Zambia announced a sharp increase in electricity tariffs on Wednesday, aiming to generate revenue for investment in additional supply, but said mining firms would be exempt. The average price of electricity was raised

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2 Dec 2015 17:35

Zambia regulator sharply raises electricity tariffs

LUSAKA, Dec 2 (Reuters) - Zambia's power regulator has approved new tariffs that sharply increased the cost of electricity to 10.35 U.S. cents per kilowatt hour (KWh) from 6 U.S. cents per Kwh, it said on Wednesday. Zambia's state power utility Zesco Ltd had applied for the higher tariffs i

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27 Nov 2015 08:48

REFILE-IEA sees India's oil imports rising despite plans to up domestic output

(Fixes typo in third paragraph, inserts missing words in last paragraph) * Imported oil will meet 90 pct of India's needs by 2014 * Domestic output to tail off due to limited resources, high costs By Sankalp Phartiyal NEW DELHI, Nov 27 (Reuters) - India's reliance on forei

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26 Nov 2015 12:40

UPDATE 1-Zambia's Lungu says won't take over struggling mines

(Adds quotes, job losses, spending cuts, details) LUSAKA, Nov 26 (Reuters) - Zambia does not plan to take over mines that have shed jobs after a sharp fall in global copper prices, President Edgar Lungu said on Thursday, backtracking from a warning earlier this month that the state would ta

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26 Nov 2015 11:25

PRESS: China Considers Short-Selling Probe In Domestic Metals

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26 Nov 2015 09:58

UPDATE 1-Vedanta's Zambia unit to mothball copper mine as demand wanes

(Adds details) LUSAKA, Nov 26 (Reuters) - Zambia's Konkola Copper Mines (KCM), owned by Vedanta Resources, said on Thursday it would mothball its loss making Nchanga underground mine from Nov. 27, a sign of the increasingly weak global demand for base metals. Benchmark copper on the L

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26 Nov 2015 09:37

RPT-Zambia's Konkola puts Nchanga mine under care and maintenance

(Repeats with no changes to text) LUSAKA, Nov 26 (Reuters) - Zambia's Konkola Copper Mines (KCM), owned by Vedanta Resources, said on Thursday it was placing its Nchanga underground mine under managed care and maintenance from Nov. 27 as it was making losses. KCM said the mine's perma

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26 Nov 2015 09:29

Zambia's Konkola puts Nchanga mine under care and maintenance

LUSAKA, Nov 26 (Reuters) - Zambia's Konkola Copper Mines (KCM), owned by Vedanta Resources, said on Thursday it was placing its Nchanga underground mine under managed care and maintenance from Nov. 27 as it was making losses. KCM said the mine's permanent employees would be deployed within

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20 Nov 2015 09:58

Friday broker round-up

(ShareCast News) - South32 Limited: UBS downgrade to neutral, trims target price to 67.00p. Vedanta Resources: UBS downgrades to neutral, cuts target price to 400.00p. Imi: Nomura upgrades to buy, bumps down target price to 955.00p. Diageo: JP Morgan Cazenove upgrades to overweight, lifts target p

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