LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices on Friday.
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FTSE 100 - WINNERS
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Hammerson, up 0.5%. The retail property investor said it is selling a 50% stake in the Watermark development in Southampton to Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC Private for GBP48.5 million. The retail property investor said the Watermark development is located adjacent to the Westquay shopping centre and comprises of 17,000 square metres of leisure and dining space. GIC is Hammerson's joint venture partner for the Westquay centre.
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FTSE 100 - LOSERS
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Fresnillo, down 0.7%. Fresnillo was giving back some gains after benefiting from gold's post-Christmas rally, with the miner still up 9% since Wednesday. Gold was quoted at USD1,160.49 an ounce Friday morning, compared to USD1,155.96 at the London equities close on Thursday.
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FTSE 250 - WINNERS
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Acacia Mining, up 2.2%. Acacia has been another beneficiary of the increased price of gold, up 8% since Wednesday, while fellow gold miner Hochschild was up 0.6%.
NEX Group, up 2.0%, TP ICAP, up 2.7%. TP ICAP said it has completed the acquisition of NEX Group's global hybrid voice broking and information business, with 310.3 million new TP ICAP shares allotted to NEX shareholders, giving them a 56% stake in the former Tullett Prebon. Meanwhile, NEX said its share consolidation will become effective from Friday, at which point the total issued ordinary share capital of NEX will be 379.7 million ordinary shares.
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MAIN MARKET AND AIM - WINNERS
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Kodal Minerals, up 47%. The miner said the final 44 rock-chip samples collected from the Bougouni project in southern Mali have confirmed further high-grade lithium mineralisation at the site. Assay results from the sampling showed grades of up to 2.03% lithium oxide at a newly-identified pegmatite vein located to the south of the Bougouni concession area, while rock-chip sampling confirmed high-grade lithium mineralisation at the Ngoualana prospect with assays up to 1.9% lithium oxide.
Pantheon Resources, up 14%. The oil and gas exploration and development company reported the discovery of two "potentially significant zones" at a project in Tyler County, East Texas, in which it owns a 50% working interest. Pantheon said drilling operations encountered two "separate, potentially significant, hydrocarbon-bearing zones" at the VOBM 4 well in Texas before reaching both the primary and secondary targets. Both the formations will be tested before any further drilling to deeper depths is completed, and a lower cost workover rig has been brought in to carry out this testing.
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MAIN MARKET AND AIM - LOSERS
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Inspirit Energy Holdings, down 16%. The group reported a narrowed pretax loss for its financial year ended June 30, and was positive about the progress being made in commercialising its boiler product, the Inspirit Charger. The company did not generate any revenue in the year, but said it was "getting closer" to the commercialisation of its microCHP boiler Inspirit Charger, a micro combined heat and power boiler. Inspirit said it had focused on sales and marketing over the period, as part of the process of ensuring its distribution partners are in place ahead of the boiler's commercial launch.
By Lucy Heming; lucyheming@alliancenews.com
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UK dividends calendar - next 7 days
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Ascential PLC | ex-dividend payment date |
hVIVO PLC | dividend payment date |
Invesco Bond Income Plus Ltd | dividend payment date |
Jupiter Fund Management PLC | dividend payment date |
Murray International Trust PLC | dividend payment date |
Tuesday 21 May | |
Bridgepoint Group PLC | dividend payment date |
HgCapital Trust PLC | dividend payment date |
Lloyds Banking Group PLC | dividend payment date |
Old Mutual Ltd | dividend payment date |
Wednesday 22 May | |
Central Asia Metals PLC | dividend payment date |
Eurocell PLC | dividend payment date |
Harbour Energy PLC | dividend payment date |
London Stock Exchange Group PLC | dividend payment date |
Man Group PLC | dividend payment date |
Merchants Trust PLC | dividend payment date |
Phoenix Group Holdings PLC | dividend payment date |
Smith & Nephew PLC | dividend payment date |
Softcat PLC | dividend payment date |
Thursday 23 May | |
abrdn Equity Income Trust PLC | ex-dividend payment date |
AEW UK REIT PLC | ex-dividend payment date |
Andrews Sykes Group PLC | ex-dividend payment date |
Aptitude Software Group PLC | ex-dividend payment date |
Avingtrans PLC | ex-dividend payment date |
Bellway PLC | ex-dividend payment date |
BlackRock Greater Europe Investment Trust PLC | ex-dividend payment date |
BlackRock Smaller Cos Trust PLC | ex-dividend payment date |
Bluefield Solar Income Fund Ltd | ex-dividend payment date |
Burford Capital Ltd | ex-dividend payment date |
Cardiff Property PLC | ex-dividend payment date |
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners PLC | dividend payment date |
ConvaTec Group PLC | dividend payment date |
CRH PLC | ex-dividend payment date |
DCC PLC | ex-dividend payment date |
Diploma PLC | ex-dividend payment date |
Diversified Energy Co PLC | ex-dividend payment date |
Empresaria Group PLC | ex-dividend payment date |
Fintel PLC | ex-dividend payment date |
Grainger PLC | ex-dividend payment date |
HICL Infrastructure PLC | ex-dividend payment date |
HSS Hire Group PLC | ex-dividend payment date |
Imperial Brands PLC | ex-dividend payment date |
ITV PLC | dividend payment date |
JPMorgan UK Smaller Cos Investment Trust PLC | ex-dividend payment date |
Keywords Studios PLC | ex-dividend payment date |
Lords Group Trading PLC | ex-dividend payment date |
ME Group International PLC | dividend payment date |
Mincon Group PLC | ex-dividend payment date |
NextEnergy Solar Fund Ltd | ex-dividend payment date |
Nexus Infrastructure PLC | ex-dividend payment date |
Niox Group PLC | ex-dividend payment date |
Savills PLC | special dividend payment date |
Scottish American Investment Co PLC | ex-dividend payment date |
Secure Trust Bank PLC | dividend payment date |
Sequoia Economic Infrastructure Income Fund Ltd | dividend payment date |
Spire Healthcare Group PLC | ex-dividend payment date |
TI Fluid Systems PLC | ex-dividend payment date |
Town Centre Securities PLC | ex-dividend payment date |
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Tritax Big Box REIT PLC | ex-dividend payment date |
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UIL Ltd | dividend payment date |
Weiss Korea Opportunity Fund Ltd | ex-dividend payment date |
Whitbread PLC | ex-dividend payment date |
Friday 24 May | |
abrdn Asian Income Fund Ltd | dividend payment date |
AVI Japan Opportunity Trust PLC | dividend payment date |
Braime Group PLC | dividend payment date |
Capricorn Energy PLC | ex-dividend payment date |
Centaur Media PLC | dividend payment date |
Clarkson PLC | dividend payment date |
Edinburgh Investment Trust PLC | dividend payment date |
Foresight Solar Fund Ltd | dividend payment date |
Greencoat Renewables PLC | dividend payment date |
Greggs PLC | dividend payment date |
Harworth Group PLC | dividend payment date |
Howden Joinery Group PLC | dividend payment date |
JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income PLC | dividend payment date |
M&G Credit Income Investment Trust PLC | dividend payment date |
Maven Income & Growth VCT 4 PLC | dividend payment date |
Nippon Active Value Fund PLC | dividend payment date |
Public Policy Holding Co Inc | dividend payment date |
Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC | dividend payment date |
Rightmove PLC | dividend payment date |
Rotork PLC | dividend payment date |
Spirax-Sarco Engineering PLC | dividend payment date |
St James's Place PLC | dividend payment date |
Starwood European Real Estate Finance Ltd | dividend payment date |
TP ICAP Group PLC | dividend payment date |
Tracsis PLC | dividend payment date |
Unite Group PLC | dividend payment date |
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