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FTSE 250 movers: Oil services stocks gush, Stagecoach hit by living wage warning

Tue, 15th Sep 2015 16:22

(ShareCast News) - After hitting a six-day low in early trade, the FTSE 250 index closed the session in positive territory on the back of mining and oil & gas sector gains.Vicissitudinous platinum miner Lonmin topped the mid-cap index for the second day as platinum, which is closely linked to the car industry, was the only precious metal to rise on Tuesday.Energy service groups and engineers, Hunting, Petrofac and Amec Foster Wheeler were both among the highest risers, mimicking the table-topping gains of FTSE 100 rival Weir.On Friday, Goldman Sachs highlighted Petrofac and Amec as its top picks but lowered its estimates on Hunting as a result of our lowered oil price assumptions for 2016.On Monday Amec won a contract to contribute to the expansion of Fluxys' Zeebrugge liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Belgium. The overall EPC expansion will consist of the construction and start-up of a boil-off gas (BOG) recovery system and fifth LNG storage tank of the plant, which will be one of the largest in the world, with Amec providing detailed engineering of the BOG recovery system and associated facilities as well as the interconnection with the new LNG storage tank and existing plant facilities.Online grocery specialist Ocado was an early riser, surging as much as 5% in early trade, before losing momentum as third-quarter results were digested and comments about its hopes to seal a deal to run the online grocery business of a big overseas retailer were judged not to be not-new-news. Gross sales rose 17% to £272m, with gross retail sales up by 15.3% versus the Bloomberg consensus of 15.0%. Average orders per week jumping 16.6% to 190,000 but the average order size falling 1.1%.Bus and train operator Stagecoach skidded lower after analysts at Investec downgraded its rating to 'sell' and warned the impact of the governments National Living Wage would be most likely to hit the company's Regional Bus hardest, "as generally that is where wage levels are lowest". This could impact Stagecoach margins by potentially the greatest amount: between £24m-£47m or 60 basis points and 120bp from a group margin of 7.1% in FY15. FTSE 250 - RisersLonmin (LMI) 22.90p +9.05%Hunting (HTG) 438.60p +8.70%Centamin (DI) (CEY) 59.50p +4.39%Tullow Oil (TLW) 200.70p +4.10%Petrofac Ltd. (PFC) 821.00p +3.79%Vedanta Resources (VED) 539.00p +3.75%Amec Foster Wheeler (AMFW) 775.50p +3.47%esure Group (ESUR) 250.50p +3.17%Tate & Lyle (TATE) 549.00p +3.00%Bank of Georgia Holdings (BGEO) 1,854.00p +2.94%FTSE 250 - FallersBooker Group (BOK) 172.70p -4.11%Stagecoach Group (SGC) 344.80p -2.82%Premier Farnell (PFL) 133.20p -2.77%Lookers (LOOK) 176.50p -2.38%Poundland Group (PLND) 320.90p -2.10%Millennium & Copthorne Hotels (MLC) 535.50p -1.74%St. Modwen Properties (SMP) 443.40p -1.62%Aldermore Group (ALD) 273.50p -1.62%Carillion (CLLN) 312.40p -1.58%LondonMetric Property (LMP) 165.00p -1.49%
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Amec Foster Wheeler secures £35m MoD contract

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FTSE 250 movers: Paragon Group jumps, AMEC sinks

(ShareCast News) - Paragon Group led to the upside on the back of a positive endorsement from broker Jefferies. Analyst Phil Dobbin said: "Paragon is evolving from a securitized non-bank lender to a more diversified retail funded banking group. We believe that the company has the ability to gain mar

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Thursday broker round-up

(ShareCast News) - Kingfisher: HSBC reiterates hold with a target price of 380p. Astrazeneca: Berenberg reiterates buy with a 55p target. Aggreko: Jefferies stays at hold with a 750p target. Easyjet: Barclays reiterates equal-weight rating with a 1000p target. Amec Foster Wheeler: UBS keeps at ne

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FTSE 250 movers: Oil services stocks bounce, Kaz knocked off high

(ShareCast News) - The FTSE 250 index was on the up again on Tuesday, rising almost 0.5% to over 17,550 by mid-afternoon as oil-related stocks inflated on hopes of more oil price gains. Oil service companies Petrofac and Wood Group were among the top risers, with engineer Amec Foster Wheeler a

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Macquarie ups Amec Foster to 'neutral'

(ShareCast News) - Macquarie upgraded Amec Foster Wheeler to 'neutral' from 'underperform' but cut the price target to 400p from 420p, with the stock now sufficiently de-rated after last month's disappointing trading update. "In our view, the time has come to close out underweight positions and we u

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Broker tips: Centamin, Ladbrokes Coral, Amec Foster Wheeler

(ShareCast News) - Numis on Tuesday lowered its recommendation on Centamin to 'hold' from 'add' and left its target price at 170p following the recent rally in the share price. Centamin on Monday said it expects 2016 gold production to be towards the upper end of its guidance of between 520,000 and

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Amec Foster retreats on Barclays downgrade

(ShareCast News) - Amec Foster Wheeler was under the cosh on Tuesday as Barclays downgraded the stock to 'equalweight' from 'overweight' and cut the price target by 17% to 500p. Barclays pointed out that the group is currently undergoing a much deeper introspection than previously expected, in a mar

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Amec Foster postpones Capital Markets Day, still to decide on funding structure

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Credit Suisse starts Petrofac and Wood Group at outperform

(ShareCast News) - Markets were already looking ahead to European oilfield services companies emerging fitter and leaner from the worst downturn in exploration and production in over a generation, analysts at Credit Suisse said. "Unlike 2009, this downturn has been sufficiently long to spur behaviou

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Sector movers: Beverage stocks pace gains

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Enterprise Products files lawsuit against Amec Foster Wheeler

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