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The following are the leading risers and fallers among FTSE 100 and 250 index constituents on Wednesday. ---------- FTSE 100 winners ---------- Antofagasta PLC, up 12% at 3,842.25 pence, ceasefire lifts metal price outlook Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC, up 9.7% at 1,253.6p Persimmon PLC, up 9.3% at 1,182.75p, housebuilders climb as ceasefire eases inflation worry Fresnillo PLC, up 8.9% at 3,665p, precious metal price climbs International Consolidated Airlines Group SA, up 8.7% at 391.6p, travel stocks up ---------- FTSE 100 losers ---------- BP PLC, down 7.7% at 551.6p, price of oil falls Centrica PLC, down 3.6% at 210.9p, has risen since conflict began so some gains returned Glencore PLC, down 1.0% at 552.35p British American Tobacco PLC, down 0.6% at 4,405p, risk-on trade means defensives left behind BAE Systems PLC, down 0.2% at 2,267.75p ---------- FTSE 250 winners ---------- Close Brothers Group PLC, up 19% at 465.2p, favourable motor finance update Vistry Group PLC, up 14% at 373.7p, housebuilders rally Wizz Air Holdings PLC, up 13% at 974p, travel stocks fly Gamma Communications PLC, up 13% at 827.5p, in early stage M&A talks Saga PLC, up 11% at 521p, also has travel exposure ---------- FTSE 250 losers ---------- Ithaca Energy PLC, down 10.% at 231.9p Harbour Energy PLC, down 7.0% at 269.6p Energean PLC, down 4.5% at 834.5p, like Harbour and Ithaca, it tracks oil lower AEP Plantations PLC, down 1.5% at 1,882p Hunting PLC, down 0.5% at 484.75p ---------- FTSE 100 & 250 movers in focus: ---------- Shell PLC, down 6.9% at 3,321.50 pence, 12-month range 2,269.92p-3,592.00p. It says output in its first quarter was dented by the conflict in the Middle East, though refining margins increased, while a slump in the oil price put its shares under pressure. The London-based oil major said it expects to report Integrated Gas output in the range of 880,000 to 920,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day for the first quarter, easing from 948,000 in the fourth quarter of 2025. Shell puts its indicative refining margin in the Chemicals & Products segment at $17 a barrel for the first quarter, up from $14 in the prior three months. ---------- Close Brothers Group, up 19% at 465.2p, 12-month range 246.80p-563.50p. It has reviewed the UK Financial Conduct Authority’s final motor finance verdict, putting the cost of the scheme at around £320 million. This is ‘broadly similar’ to its existing IAS 37 provision of £294 million. The £320 million can be ‘comfortably absorbed by existing capital resources, leaving the group well positioned to continue delivering its strategy’. ---------- Wizz Air Holding PLC, up 13% at 974p, 12-month range 832.00p-1,778.00p. Travel stocks are back on the rise after a US-Iran ceasefire announcement. The budget carrier is still down around 20% since the conflict began. ---------- Gamma Communications PLC, up 13% at 827.5p, 12-month range 687.00p-1,376.00p. It confirms late Tuesday that it is in early-stage talks with ‘potential offerors’. The communication services provider says, in response to ‘recent press speculation,’ that it was in ‘preliminary discussions with a number of interested counterparties’. The talks aim to establish ‘whether such potential offerors might be willing to put forward a proposal that would deliver greater value to shareholders than pursuing a standalone independent strategy,’ Gamma explains. It added that these discussions ‘are at an early stage,’ and that there can consequently be no certainty that an offer will be made. ---------- Vistry Group PLC, up 14% at 373.7p, 12-month range 321.30p-746.40p. The conflict stoked inflationary concerns, leading to fears of higher for longer interest rates weighing on housing market activity, so the ceasefire has lifted housebuilders. Mortgage lender Halifax says the UK housing market has seen a ‘recent slowdown’ amid the conflict in the Middle East. UK house prices declined 0.5% on-month in March, after a 0.3% rise in February from January. On-year, growth eased to 0.8% from 1.2%, according to Halifax. ---------- Copyright 2026 Alliance News Ltd. All Rights Reserved.
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