(Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices on Thursday.
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FTSE 100 - WINNERS
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J Sainsbury, up 3.8%. The grocer's like-for-like sales in the nine weeks to January 2 - so including the key festive period - were up 9.3% year-on-year. For the whole of its third-quarter, like-for-like sales, excluding fuel, climbed 8.6%. Including fuel, like-for-like sales were up a more modest 3.2%.
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FTSE 100 - LOSERS
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Experian, down 2.4%. The stock went ex-dividend, meaning new buyers no longer qualify for the latest payout.
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FTSE 250 - LOSERS
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Trainline, down 7.8%. Launched an offering of GBP150 million of senior unsecured convertible bonds due 2026. The train booking platform operator in UK said the net proceeds of the five-year bonds will "provide additional liquidity, protecting the business further in an extended Covid downturn".
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Mitchells & Butlers, down 7.0%. Reports sharp 67% sales fall for 14 weeks to January 2 and adds that it is mulling an equity raise.
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OTHER MAIN MARKET AND AIM - WINNERS
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Sareum Holdings, up 10%. The Cambridge-based drug developer said the US Patent Office approved its patent application for an invention associated with its SDC-1802 TYK2/JAK1 kinase inhibitor programme
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James Fisher & Sons, up 7.9%. The marine services provider saw improved trading in its fourth quarter, so now expects 2020 underlying profit to be at the upper end of its guided range.
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Synectics, up 4.9%. The Sheffield, England-based provider of security systems has successfully deployed the first phase of its operational management system for German railway operator S-Bahn in Berlin.
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OTHER MAIN MARKET AND AIM - LOSERS
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Ormonde Mining, down 29%. Adjourns annual general meeting scheduled for Thursday. The Spain-focused natural resources firm says this is so it can continue talks with its largest shareholder over motions six to eight, concerning its share capital and ability to make market purchases.
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Joules Group, down 6.1%. The retailer said sales in the seven months trading period to January 3 were better than expected, though in-store sales in the seven weeks to January 3 plunged 58%.
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By Eric Cunha; ericcunha@alliancenews.com
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