FTSE 100 movers: Reckitt buys Indian business

13th Dec 2010 13:58

Household products group Reckitt Benckiser has agreed to buy privately owned Indian firm Paras Pharmaceuticals for around £460m. Para sells over the counter health and personal care brands including cold & flu remedy D'Cold and Dermicool for prickly heat.Software company Autonomy says that it has signed a $13m plus contract with a leading media company. No time scale was indicated. Rolls-Royce is lower after a director of Airbus said that the aero engine maker could improve its public relations following the recent engine problems.Cobham, which is dropping out of the FTSE 100 next Monday, lost some its gains from late last week. FTSE 100 - RisersFresnillo (FRES) 1,583.00p +3.26%Kazakhmys (KAZ) 1,577.00p +3.14%Rexam (REX) 312.10p +2.83%Reckitt Benckiser Group (RB.) 3,595.00p +2.45%Petrofac Ltd. (PFC) 1,477.00p +2.36%Antofagasta (ANTO) 1,529.00p +2.14%Autonomy Corporation (AU.) 1,406.00p +2.11%Wolseley (WOS) 1,865.00p +2.02%Burberry Group (BRBY) 1,130.00p +1.99%Vedanta Resources (VED) 2,318.00p +1.89%FTSE 100 - FallersRolls-Royce Group (RR.) 632.00p -1.10%Bunzl (BNZL) 704.50p -0.77%Cobham (COB) 207.90p -0.76%Next (NXT) 2,015.00p -0.74%Serco Group (SRP) 569.00p -0.70%Smith & Nephew (SN.) 646.00p -0.69%Shire Plc (SHP) 1,471.00p -0.68%Prudential (PRU) 656.00p -0.46%Smiths Group (SMIN) 1,250.00p -0.40%G4S (GFS) 251.10p -0.40%