(Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices on Monday.
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FTSE 100 - WINNERS
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Taylor Wimpey, up 3.2%, Barratt Developments, up 2.8%, Berkeley Group, up 2.4%, Persimmon, up 0.6%. According to AJ Bell, the housebuilders were higher due to a rise in the pound against the dollar. Sterling was quoted at USD1.2424 Monday morning, up from USD1.2368 late Friday. "A rise in the pound against the US dollar was good for UK-facing companies including housebuilders Barratt Developments and Taylor Wimpey who topped the FTSE 100 leader board," said AJ Bell's Russ Mould.
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FTSE 100 - LOSERS
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JD Sports Fashion, down 2.5%. The sportswear retailer confirmed it has filed to appoint administrators at its Go Outdoors unit. The FTSE 100-listed firm said the notice means a 10-day moratorium has been implemented, so the outdoor apparel seller's creditors cannot take any legal action, nor continue with existing proceedings without court permission. "Administrators have not yet been appointed, and the group will make no further comment at this time," JD Sports added. Sky News late Saturday reported that JD Sports had called in administrators at the unit, which has a workforce of about 2,500. Go Outdoors operates about 60 stores in the UK, most of which are located in out-of-town retail parks.
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Glencore, down 2.0%. The commodities trader said late Friday that it has been informed by the Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland it has opened a criminal investigation into Glencore International AG. The miner said the Attorney General of Switzerland opened the investigation for failure to have the organizational measures in place to prevent alleged corruption in the Democratic Republic of Congo currently under investigation by the OAG. Baar, Switzerland-based Glencore said it would cooperate with the investigation by the OAG.
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FTSE 250 - LOSERS
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Aggreko, down 3.0%. Credit Suisse double downgraded the temporary power generation to Underperform from Outperform.
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Bodycote, down 2.5%. Goldman Sachs cut the heat treatment services company to Sell from Neutral.
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OTHER MAIN MARKET AND AIM - WINNERS
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SIMEC Atlantis Energy, up 11%. The renewable energy company said it has obtained prefecture approval for the transfer of the lease to develop a 12 megawatt tidal power project in Raz Blanchard to Normandie Hydroliennes from Engie. Prefecture de la Manche in Normandy, France has approved the transfer. Normandie Hydroliennes is a marine energy development company set up among Atlantis, the Development Agency for Normandy, the regional agency for economic development in Normandy, the regional investment fund Normandie Participations and local industrial group EFINOR."
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OTHER MAIN MARKET AND AIM - LOSERS
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Amigo Holdings, down 21%. The subprime lender said it is in talks with the UK Financial Conduct Authority to extend the deadline to clear its backlog of customer complaints, as it has "continued to see a substantial increase in the rate of complaints". In May, the company had agreed a voluntary requirement, or VReq, with the FCA to work through and reach a decision, before the end of June, on a backlog of complaints. The cost of clearing the backlog of complaints was estimated at least GBP35 million and possibly "materially higher". Due to the complaints cost, Amigo was forced to cancel its final dividend for the financial year ended March 31. Amigo on Monday said it is in talks with the FCA to extend the date of completion of VReq "beyond June 26 and a corresponding expansion of the backlog of complaints to be resolved". The additional cost of complaints received subsequent to March 31 is expected to be material, as a result of the substantial increase in the rate of complaints received, the company added.
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By Arvind Bhunjun; arvindbhunjun@alliancenews.com
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