** Telecom Plus, a significant underperformer thisyear, is the top gainer and most actively traded stock on theFTSE250
** YTD laggard vs index. http://link.reuters.com/cyp42w
** Upbeat outlook helps stock to third successive day ofgains as it bounces from a 52-week low hit last week.
** The stock's forward P/E multiple which hit a heady 35times late last year is down to 18 times.
** Company has beaten consensus estimates on earnings ineach of the past three years, according to StarMine.
(RM: vikram.subhedar.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)


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(Alliance News) - The following are the leading risers and fallers among FTSE 100 and 250 index constituents on Wednesday.