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The following are the leading risers and fallers among FTSE 100 and 250 index constituents on Wednesday. ---------- FTSE 100 winners ---------- Anglo American PLC, up 6.3% at 3,788.50 pence, price of gold rises Fresnillo PLC, up 6.2% at 3,308.00p Antofagasta PLC, up 5.7% at 3,765.00p Endeavour Mining PLC, up 5.1% at 4,504.00p Diageo PLC, up 4.9% at 1,547.00p, maintains guidance as quarterly sales rise ---------- FTSE 100 losers ---------- BP PLC, down 2.1% at 560.80p, price of Brent crude decreases Smith & Nephew PLC, down 1.2% at 1,145.00p, guidance unchanged, quarterly revenue rises Shell PLC, down 1.2% at 3,274.50p Relx PLC, down 0.9% at 2,649.00p London Stock Exchange Group PLC, down 0.8% at 9,504.00p ---------- FTSE 250 winners ---------- Aston Martin Lagonda Global Holdings PLC, up 11% at 46.18 pence WH Smith PLC, up 7.9% at 515.11p RHI Magnesita NV, up 7.4% at 2,815.00p Hochschild Mining PLC, up 7.4% at 640.50p Wizz Air Holdings PLC, up 7.4% at 970.50p ---------- FTSE 250 losers ---------- Telecom Plus PLC, down 6.8% at 1,087.00p, Deutsche Bank cuts to ’hold’ Ithaca Energy PLC, down 5.7% at 253.40p Harbour Energy PLC, down 4.4% at 280.60p Hunting PLC, down 3.7% at 497.75p Trainline, down 2.6% at 233.20p, warns on near-term headwinds ---------- FTSE 100 & 250 movers in focus: ---------- Diageo PLC, up 4.9% at 1,547.00 pence, 12-month range 1,350.00p-2,215.00p. The brewer and distiller, whose brands include Guinness, Smirnoff and Tanqueray, says net sales rose 2.3% to $4.48 billion in the financial third quarter ended March 31 from $4.38 billion a year prior, beating company-compiled market consensus for net sales of $4.27 billion. Organic net sales edge up 0.3%, beating expectations of a 2.3% decline. Diageo says it saw ‘strong organic net sales growth’ in Europe, LAC and Africa, aided by the timing of Easter and some ‘advance sales’ in the run-up to the FIFA World Cup, which kicks off next month. For the full year, it still expects an organic net sales decline of 2% to 3% and an organic operating profit outcome ranging from flat to low-single-digit growth. ---------- Smith & Nephew PLC, down 1.2% at 1,145.00 pence, 12-month range 1,049.00p-1,441.50p. The Watford, England-based medical equipment and devices company says revenue totalled $1.50 billion in the first quarter, up 6.6% from $1.41 billion the year prior, and in line with company-compiled consensus. But underlying revenue growth of 3.1% misses the consensus of 3.2%, with S&N noting that the period had one fewer trading day versus last year. On an adjusted daily sales basis, underlying sales rise 4.7%. Says sales were consistent with expectations, with growth across all business units and regions, and strength in Sports Medicine offsetting weakness in US Knee Implants. Orthopaedics is held back by a 10% drop in Knee Implants’ underlying revenue. S&N says this reflects soft US trading ahead of the launch of its new kinematic Landmark knee system. Leaves 2026 guidance unchanged, saying it is on track to deliver underlying revenue growth of around 6%, around 8% trading profit growth, around $800 million free cash flow, and more than 10% adjusted return on invested capital. The company also announces a new $500 million share buyback. ---------- Telecom Plus PLC, down 6.8% at 1,087.00 pence, 12-month range 1,067.37p-2,100.00p. Deutsche Bank cuts the London-based provider of household utility services to ’hold’ from ’buy’, lowering its price target to 1,300p from 2,000p. Telecom Plus, which operates under the Utility Warehouse brand, warned on Tuesday last week that adjusted pre-tax profit for the financial year to March would be at the bottom end of its previously guided range of £132 million to £138 million, albeit still up from £126.3 million for financial 2025. It said this was in light of reduced energy consumption during an ‘unseasonably’ warm winter. ---------- Trainline, down 2.6% at 233.20 pence, 12-month range 178.00p-307.60p. The London-based rail and coach travel ticketing platform reports annual results in line with expectations, but cautions on a tough outlook amid a UK rail fare freeze and the economic hit from the Middle East conflict. Pretax profit in the financial year that ended February 28 shoots up 41% to £114.3 million from £80.9 million the year before, as revenue edges up 2.4% to £452.7 million from £442.1 million. Adjusted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation rises 11% to £177 million from £159 million. Net ticket sales climbs 7.0% to £6.32 billion from £5.91 billion. Looking ahead, Trainline expects net ticket sales between £6.2 billion and £6.45 billion for the new year, a range that spans a 2% decline to 2% growth. Revenue between £440 million and £455 million is expected, so between a 3% decline and 0.5% growth. However, Trainline warns that ‘we expect previously-flagged headwinds to weigh on near-term growth’. These include Transport for London’s expansion of its contactless rail network and the UK government’s regulated fare freeze until March 2027. Trainline adds that European headwinds include ‘the effects of geopolitical tensions in the Middle East on inbound air traffic into Europe,’ as well as ‘a series of tragic rail accidents in Spain.’ ---------- Copyright 2026 Alliance News Ltd. All Rights Reserved.
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