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The following are the leading risers and fallers among FTSE 100 and 250 index constituents on Friday. ---------- FTSE 100 winners ---------- AstraZeneca PLC, up 1.6% at 13,360.00p Babcock International Group PLC, up 1.6% at 1,048.75p, defence stocks lead gains in Europe BP PLC, up 1.5% at 497.25p Entain PLC, up 1.3% at 559.60p Relx PLC, up 1.3% at 2,378.50p, Oddo BHF raises price target to 3,125p from 3,075p, maintains ’outperform’ rating ---------- FTSE 100 losers ---------- Admiral Group PLC, down 5.8% at 3,167.00p, RBC cuts rating to ’sector perform’ from ’outperform’ Lloyds Banking Group PLC, down 1.6% at 104.33p United Utilities Group PLC, down 1.5% at 1,285.50p Endeavour Mining PLC, down 1.4% at 4,122.00p NatWest Group PLC, down 1.3% at 633.10p ---------- FTSE 250 winners ---------- Renishaw PLC, up 3.8% at 5,252.50p XPS Pensions Group PLC, up 3.7% at 321.50p Ithaca Energy PLC, up 3.2% at 230.00p Harbour Energy PLC, up 2.8% at 238.50p Oxford Nanopore Technologies PLC, up 2.6% at 117.55p ---------- FTSE 250 losers ---------- PPHE Hotel Group Ltd, down 20% at 1,609.00p, suitor Fattal rules out offer but new bidder emerges Unite Group PLC, down 3.6% at 513.50p Saga PLC, down 3.1% at 572.50p Pan African Resources PLC, down 2.9% at 109.85p Raspberry Pi Holdings PLC, down 2.3% at 863.75p ---------- FTSE 100 & 250 movers in focus: ---------- Admiral Group PLC, down 5.8% at 3,167.00 pence, 12-month range 2,624.00p-3,686.00p. Weighed down after RBC Capital Markets cut the motor insurer to ’sector perform’ from ’outperform’. ---------- Barratt Redrow PLC, down 0.3% at 263.10 pence, 12-month range 235.40p-475.30p. Appoints former Britvic finance chief Rebecca Napier as chief financial officer and executive director, effective August 3. Napier joins from Britvic, where she served as CFO until its acquisition by Carlsberg in 2025, and previously held senior finance roles at IAG, including CFO of British Airways. Chair Caroline Silver says Napier’s experience in finance, transformation and capital markets will support the group as it nears completion of the Barratt-Redrow integration. ---------- PPHE Hotel Group Ltd, down 20% at 1,609.00 pence, 12-month range 1,262.00p-2,090.00p. Fattal Hotels confirms it will not make an offer for the hotel operator, ending a proposal that valued PPHE at £22 per share, or £920.9 million. Fattal’s approach was opposed by Euro Plaza Holdings, which owns 33% of PPHE, preventing the bid from progressing. However, PPHE says it has received an indicative proposal from another interested party, which remains at a preliminary stage and is being assessed as part of the strategic review launched last November. ---------- Utilico Emerging Markets PLC, up 2.3% at 293.71 pence, 12-month range 237.00p-302.00p. Reports a NAV total return of 25.9% in financial 2026, compared with a negative 2.9% a year earlier, as net asset value per share rises 22% to 313.54p from 257.28p. The investment trust increases its ordinary dividend by 5.0% to 9.585p per share and declares a special interim dividend of 2.50p, marking its 11th consecutive year of dividend growth. The company says Latin America delivers strong performance during the year, despite heightened geopolitical tensions and the outbreak of wider conflict in the Middle East. Chair Mark Bridgeman says: ‘Given all the uncertainty that has been witnessed this year, the results demonstrate the strength of UEM’s EM infrastructure and utilities focused portfolio and its investment strategy of delivering long term sustainable returns.’ ---------- JPMorgan European Discovery Trust PLC, down 0.1% at 658.46 pence, 12-month range 548.00p-666.00p. Reports a NAV total return of 23.2% for the year to March 31, outperforming its MSCI Europe ex-UK Small Cap benchmark’s 17.5% return. NAV per share rises 21% to 632.1p, while the investment trust increases its total dividend by 23% to 16.0p per share. The trust says European smaller companies benefited from Germany’s fiscal stimulus programme and increased defence and infrastructure spending across the region, leaving it optimistic on the outlook for the asset class. ---------- Copyright 2026 Alliance News Ltd. All Rights Reserved.
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