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The following are the leading risers and fallers among FTSE 100 and 250 index constituents on Friday. ---------- FTSE 100 winners ---------- Weir Group PLC, up 1.9% at 2,490.00 pence Fresnillo PLC, up 1.8% at 2,932.00p, miners climb as metal prices rise St James’s Place PLC, up 1.5% at 1,295.25p, UBS ups price target Metlen Energy & Metals PLC, up 1.4% at €42.45 ICG PLC, up 1.2% at 1,759.00p ---------- FTSE 100 losers ---------- InterContinental Hotels Group PLC, down 2.5% at $165.05 Tesco PLC, down 2.1% at 463.50p Games Workshop Group PLC, down 2.0% at 21,060.00p JD Sports Fashion PLC, down 1.9% at 81.54p, continues to fall after cautious Nike outlook Next PLC, down 1.8% at 14,402.50p ---------- FTSE 250 winners ---------- Close Brothers Group PLC, up 4.5% at 426.10p, Shore raises to ’buy’ Bridgepoint Group PLC, up 4.1% at 292.20p Atalaya Mining Copper SA, up 2.7% at 820.75p RHI Magnesita NV, up 2.5% at 2,845.00p Ashmore Group PLC, up 2.5% at 217.70p, Deutsche Bank raises price target ---------- FTSE 250 losers ---------- Baltic Classifieds Group PLC, down 4.2% at 181.00p, continues to fall on soft outlook Ocado Group PLC, down 2.7% at 179.15p Bytes Technology Group PLC, down 2.5% at 398.10p B&M European Value Retail SA, down 2.5% at 188.30p Oxford Nanopore Technologies PLC, down 2.3% at 120.85p ---------- FTSE 100 & 250 movers in focus: ---------- Fresnillo PLC, up 1.8% at 2,932.00p, 12-month range 1,371.00p-4,472.00p. Mining stocks climb as precious metals prices increase. Gold was higher at $4,173.82 an ounce on Friday morning from $4,124.43 late Thursday. Exness analyst Eric Chia said: ‘Gold prices rose for a third consecutive session on Friday and were on track to close the week higher, following an extended correction, as a softer dollar provided support.’ ---------- St James’s Place PLC, up 1.5% at 1,295.25p, 12-month range 1,114.00p-1,575.50p. UBS raises its prices target for the Cirencester, England-based wealth manager to 1,530p from 1,520p. The Swiss bank maintains a ’buy’ rating on the stock. ---------- JD Sports Fashion PLC, down 1.9% at 81.54p, 12-month range 63.98p-106.18p. The Manchester, England-based sportswear retailer continues to fall in negative read-across from Nike Inc’s results on Tuesday night. Nike said progress will ‘continue to be uneven’ as hopes for a long-awaited rebound continued to be frustrated. Additionally, on Thursday, JD Sports went ex-dividend, meaning new investors do not qualify for the latest payout. The stock has fallen 4.5% so far this week. ---------- Close Brothers Group PLC, up 4.5% at 426.10p, 12-month range 318.40p-563.50p. Shore Capital raises its rating on the merchant bank to ’buy’ from ’hold’. It increases the price target to 495p from 490p. ‘Motor finance uncertainty continues to weigh on sentiment, but recent legal and regulatory developments appear largely procedural, while management has made no further adjustment to its £320 million provision since May,’ Shore Capital says. On Thursday, the UK’s financial watchdog paused payouts on its £9.1 billion car finance redress scheme. The Financial Conduct Authority gets legal challenges from four companies who are not happy with its plans to compensate people sold a car loan without being informed about commission arrangements. Payouts were meant to start this year but now face significant delays. ---------- Ashmore Group PLC, up 2.5% at 217.70p, 12-month range 145.90p-276.54p. Deutsche Bank raises its price target for the emerging markets-focused asset manager to 150p from 145p. Deutsche maintains a ’sell’ rating on the stock. ---------- Copyright 2026 Alliance News Ltd. All Rights Reserved.
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