Kitchen and joinery group Howden Joinery, formerly known as Galiform, is sharply higher after saying it now expects full year pre-tax profit to be ahead of current market expectations.Business consulting and information technology contracting specialist Logica falls back after it returned to year on year revenue growth in the third quarter, albeit only by a whisker.Gold miner Petropavlovsk is also lacking a bit of shine today. The former Peter Hambro Mining has cut its full-year production target again following delays at its Pioneer mine, first flagged in August.
FTSE 250 - RisersHowden Joinery Group (HWDN) 91.15p +14.65%Yell Group (YELL) 14.49p +6.86%Hansen Transmissions International NV (DI) (HSN) 48.29p +4.07%Computacenter (CCC) 390.00p +3.28%JKX Oil & Gas (JKX) 292.60p +3.17%BBA Aviation (BBA) 208.90p +3.06%Lamprell (LAM) 373.90p +3.00%Mitchells & Butlers (MAB) 336.00p +2.94%Melrose (MRO) 299.00p +2.86%Marston's (MARS) 105.10p +2.74%FTSE 250 - FallersPartyGaming (PRTY) 225.40p -5.69%Centamin Egypt Ltd. (CEY) 164.60p -4.41%Provident Financial (PFG) 749.50p -4.34%Ultra Electronics Holdings (ULE) 1,814.00p -4.27%QinetiQ Group (QQ.) 107.10p -4.20%Petropavlovsk (POG) 904.00p -3.73%Go-Ahead Group (GOG) 1,352.00p -3.70%Logica (LOG) 128.90p -3.23%Yule Catto & Co (YULC) 255.70p -3.18%Melrose Resources (MRS) 261.00p -3.15%