AFR.L Share News (AFR)

House-builder Barratt Developments was firmly in the red despite revealing a 159.3% rise in pre-tax profit in the year to June 30th. The group signalled its intention to pay a final dividend in respect of the current financial year, but there was no pay-out for the financial year just gone. Oil and gas group Afren edged higher after saying that it has started drilling at its Simrit-3 well on the East Simrit prospect in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, just 10km east of the successful Simrit-2 well which was drilled a few months back. FTSE 250 - RisersAquarius Platinum Ltd. (AQP) 40.86p +7.19%Home Retail Group (HOME) 101.40p +4.16%Ferrexpo (FXPO) 200.10p +3.89%Homeserve (HSV) 240.00p +3.72%Cape (CIU) 245.00p +3.33%Talvivaara Mining Company (TALV) 153.90p +3.22%Paragon Group Of Companies (PAG) 207.00p +3.14%EnQuest (ENQ) 122.90p +3.10%UBM (UBM) 731.50p +3.03%Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC) 35.19p +2.83%FTSE 250 - FallersBarratt Developments (BDEV) 162.00p -4.54%Lonmin (LMI) 583.50p -4.50%Dixons Retail (DXNS) 19.28p -3.60%Gem Diamonds Ltd. (DI) (GEMD) 172.00p -2.93%Petra Diamonds Ltd.(DI) (PDL) 96.35p -2.48%International Public Partnerships Ltd. (INPP) 120.20p -2.44%Centamin (DI) (CEY) 83.15p -2.23%Bank of Georgia Holdings (BGEO) 1,281.00p -2.21%Ophir Energy (OPHR) 593.00p -2.15%SIG (SHI) 103.90p -1.98%NR