Last checked at LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are amongst the biggest risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Friday.
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FTSE 100 WINNERS
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Coca-Cola HBC, up 2.5%. The second-largest bottler of products made by US drinks group The Coca-Cola Co said its net sales revenue rose in the first quarter, with volumes higher due to extra selling days and an early Easter, though it faced a mixed effect from currency fluctuations across its operations.
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FTSE 100 LOSERS
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BP, down 0.5%, Royal Dutch Shell 'B', down 0.4%, and Weir Group, down 0.4%. The oil-related stocks are being hurt by a fall in the price of oil. US benchmark West Texas Intermediate fell below the psychological USD60 a barrel mark, currently trading at USD59.60 a barrel.
BHP Billiton, down 0.1%. Jefferies has cut the miner's price target to 1,450.00 pence from 1,600.00p, reiterating its Hold rating. The stock currently trades at 1,547.50p.
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FTSE 250 WINNERS
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Bwin.Party Digital Entertainment, up 6.4%. The online gambling company is up on reports of renewed market speculation that it could be taken over.
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FTSE 250 LOSERS
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Premier Oil, down 2.4%, Tullow Oil, down 2.0%, SOCO International, down 1.9%, and Hunting, down 1.4%. The mid-cap oil-related stocks also are down due to the fall in world oil prices.
International Personal Finance, down 1.2%. JP Morgan has cut the lender to Underweight From Neutral.
Lonmin, down 0.9%. Goldman Sachs has cut the miner to Sell from Buy and slashed its price target to 100.00p from 225.00p. The stock currently trades at 142.40p.
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AIM ALL-SHARE WINNERS
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Advanced Oncotherapy, up 12%. The company said it has issued 5 million shares under a warrant exercise and has issued a further 3.7 million shares under its deal with Brahma AG and further five-year warrants to the company. Advanced Oncotherapy said the 5 million warrants have been issued at a subscription price of 1 pence per share. The stock trades at 9.95p.
Powerflute, up 10%. The packaging companies said it anticipates its full-year results coming in significantly ahead of market expectations following a good start to the year in both its Coreboard and Cores and Packaging Papers businesses. Coreboard and Cores is now expected to post a full-year performance significantly ahead of expectations, with good market conditions in the US and China and volumes and operating margins in both countries ahead of the company's expected levels.
Oxford Pharmascience Group, up 9.9%. The pharmaceutical company said it has completed the development of a chewable ibuprofen product. The chewable version of its OXPzero ibuprofen product will reduce the risk of gastric irritation and will also mask the taste of the ibuprofen.
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AIM ALL-SHARE LOSERS
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Caza Oil & Gas, off 18%. The company said its first quarter net loss narrowed after a fall in revenue and increased costs were offset by a substantial gain from swap contracts that the company entered to protect itself from the fall in oil prices. Revenue fell to USD3.4 million in the quarter from USD4.6 million a year earlier as an increase production was offset by the fall in oil prices.
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By Neil Thakrar; neilthakrar@alliancenews.com; @NeilThakrar1
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