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The following are the leading risers and fallers among FTSE 100 and 250 index constituents on Wednesday. ---------- FTSE 100 winners ---------- Croda International PLC, up 4.5% at 2,867 pence, Morgan Stanley raises to ’overweight’ ICG PLC, up 4.4% at 1,553p Endeavour Mining PLC, up 4.4% at 4,310p, gold price rises to $4,540 an ounce Barratt Redrow PLC, up 3.9% at 273.15p, inflation worry eases, smaller peer Crest Nicholson impresses Anglo American PLC, up 3.7% at 3,166p ---------- FTSE 100 losers ---------- BT Group PLC, down 1.9% at 202.75p Experian PLC, down 1.6% at 2,524.5p, peer Fair Isaac Corp falls 6.4% in NY Shell PLC, down 0.9% at 3,428.5p, Middle East peace hopes sent Brent price down to $100 a barrel Relx PLC, down 0.8% at 2,410.5p Tesco PLC, down 0.5% at 456.45p ---------- FTSE 250 winners ---------- Bellway PLC, up 6.3% at 1,873.5p Blackrock World Mining Trust PLC, up 5.8% at 890p, Middle East peace hope boosts miners Bytes Technology Group PLC, up 5.8% at 268.3p, plunged 15% on Monday WAG Payment Solutions PLC, up 5.8% at 104.5p, annual profit rises Pan African Resources PLC, up 5.4% at 135.6p, higher gold price ---------- FTSE 250 losers ---------- RS Group PLC, down 4.8% at 558.25p, annual revenue to fall short of forecasts Ceres Power Holdings PLC, down 3.2% at 297.5p Harbour Energy PLC, down 1.1% at 290.7p, tracks oil lower Pantheon Infrastructure PLC, down 0.9% at 110p Moonpig Group PLC, down 0.6% at 211.25p ---------- FTSE 100 & 250 movers in focus: ---------- Experian PLC, down 1.6% at 2,524.5p, 12-month range 2,353.00p-4,101.00p. US Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte, in a social media post, says ‘credit score pricing and credit bureau pricing must be more affordable’. US senator for Missouri, Josh Hawley, in a social media post says he is launching a probe into Fair Isaac. ‘The increasing cost of credit scores is straining homebuyers in an already unaffordable market,’ he says in a social media post. Equifax Inc shares slumped 5.7% in New York on Tuesday, while TransUnion shed 4.1%. ---------- HICL Infrastructure PLC, up 2.7% at 117.47 pence, 12-month range 103.71p-126.86p. Sells its stake in a French motorway after holding the investment for almost a decade. The company sells its 24% stake in the A63 motorway in France through its shareholding in the portfolio company Atlandes SA. The investment used to be its second-largest asset at the time of the first investment in 2017, and made up 8.4% of the portfolio on September 30. Gross proceeds from the sale are £311 million, representing a 21% premium on the most recent valuation of the investment. As a result, the disposal will add 2.2p to HICL’s net asset value per share. ---------- RS Group PLC, down 4.8% at 558.25p, 12-month range 476.80p-742.74p. It reports mixed trading, with full-year revenue set to fall short of forecasts in ‘difficult’ markets, but profit to be marginally ahead of expectations. The industrial and electronics products distributor expects revenue to decline by around 0.6% on a like-for-like basis in the 12 months to March, in ‘difficult markets’, compared to consensus for 1.0% growth. ‘Through a solid gross margin performance, improved efficiency and disciplined cost control, we still expect adjusted profit before tax to be marginally ahead of market expectations,’ it adds. According to company compiled consensus, analysts expect adjusted pretax profit of £241 million in the financial year to March, down from £248 million in the prior year. ---------- Bellway PLC, up 6.3% at 1,873.5p, 12-month range 1,763.00p-2,998.00p. With Brent back at $100 a barrel, easing inflation worries, housebuilders are back on the up. Fears over higher for longer interest rates, and what that would do to housing market activity, hit the sector. Bellway is down by around a third since the onset of the war in the Middle East late in February. Adding to the good feeling in the sector, smaller peer Crest Nicholson Holdings PLC says it has seen a ‘sustained improvement’ in its sales rate since mid-January. ---------- Copyright 2026 Alliance News Ltd. All Rights Reserved.
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