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The following are the leading risers and fallers among FTSE 100 and 250 index constituents on Tuesday. ---------- FTSE 100 winners ---------- IG Group Holdings PLC, up 8.6% at 1,712 pence, lifts guidance Diploma PLC, up 4.3% at 6,912.5p, improves outlook Airtel Africa PLC, up 4.4% at 326.5p, had fallen for three days in a row, losing 15% Rightmove PLC, up 4.3% at 424.15p BAE Systems PLC, up 3.1% at 1,938.5p ---------- FTSE 100 losers ---------- Rio Tinto PLC, down 1.8% at 7,588p, weaker metal prices hit miners Antofagasta PLC, down 1.7% at 3,722p Glencore PLC, down 1.6% at 564.25p Barratt Redrow PLC, down 1.1% at 240.35p, Barclays cuts to ’equal-weight’ Anglo American PLC, down 1.1% at 3,740.5p ---------- FTSE 250 winners ---------- Currys PLC, up 9.4% at 138.25p, ups outlook Kainos Group Ltd, up 6.5% at 873.5p Cranswick PLC, up 6.3% at 5,550p, annual earnings up Dr Martens PLC, up 5.9% at 68.1p, yearly profit jumps Alfa Financial Software Holdings PLC, up 4.1% at 159.2p ---------- FTSE 250 losers ---------- Aston Martin Lagonda Global Holdings PLC, down 3.5% at 46.05p Atalaya Mining Copper SA, down 1.7% at 802p Aberdeen Asia Focus PLC, down 1.6% at 434p Vistry Group PLC, down 1.4% at 260.8p, Barclays lowers price target to 185p from 360p Raspberry Pi Holdings PLC, down 1.4% at 687p ---------- FTSE 100 & 250 movers in focus: ---------- Currys PLC, up 9.4% at 138.25p, 12-month range 106.00p-162.80p. It expects higher than forecast annual profit, and the electricals retailer is yet to see a hit from the Middle East conflict. Currys now expects adjusted pretax profit growth of 18% to £191 million for the year ended May 2, ahead of a prior guidance range of £180 million to £190 million. Annual like-or-like sales were up 4%, it added. ---------- IG Group Holdings, up 8.6% at 1,712 pence, 12-month range 1,016.00p-1,731.00p. It hits this 12-month high on Tuesday. The online trading platform provider says revenue in the first quarter of the year shot up 21% to £339.9 million. In addition, it lifts annual guidance. It now expects organic revenue to grow between 10% and 15%. It previously predicted a rise ‘towards the top end of our mid-to-high single-digit target range’. ---------- Diploma PLC, up 4.3% at 6,912.5p, 12-month range 4,146.00p-7,300.00p. The technical products and services supplier reports a rise in half-year earnings and it lifts its interim payout. Pretax profit increases 14% to £139.4 million from £122.3 million. Revenue is 17% higher at £851.1 million from £728.5 million, with organic growth picking up to 15% for the half-year, from 9% a year prior. ‘It’s been a great first half,’ CEO Johnny Thomson says. Diploma now sees organic revenue rising 12% in the full year, the guidance boosted from 9%. It expects adjusted operating profit growth of over 30%, which it says is a ‘6% upgrade to consensus’. Diploma lifts its dividend by 5% to 19.1 pence per share from 18.2p. ---------- Rio Tinto, down 1.8% at 7,588p, 12-month range 4,110.00p-8,275.00p. Base metal prices struggle at the start of the week. Copper trades at around $13,427 a tonne early Tuesday, down from around $13,553 late Monday. ---------- Copyright 2026 Alliance News Ltd. All Rights Reserved.
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