Sector movers: Retailers cap big week with gains

The retail sector is going well at the end of a busy week, that has seen Argos owner Home Retail, department store Debenhams and a few others issuing numbers.News from the sector is thin on the ground today, though motor dealer Pendragon has said it is growing faster than the market as its recovery continues in the third quarter of 2010. The shares are flat.BT continues rising today after yesterday's court ruling that the UK government has to guarantee all BT employees in the BT pension scheme not just the ones that joined prior to privatisation in 1984.The telecoms sector is lower overall though, with Cable & Wireless the heaviest faller.Top performing sectors so far todayGeneral Retailers 1,790.11 +1.09%Automobiles & Parts 4,241.25 +1.00%Personal Goods 17,397.17 +0.84%Electronic & Electrical Equipment 2,551.62 +0.67%Construction & Materials 3,642.75 +0.66%Bottom performing sectors so far todayForestry & Paper 5,918.86 -1.43%Gas, Water & Multiutilities 4,582.36 -0.85%Life Insurance 4,129.11 -0.77%Fixed Line Telecommunications 2,066.46 -0.73%Industrial Engineering 6,335.77 -0.53%