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Wealth management group St James's Place topped the risers after it impressed City analysts on Wednesday with a solid set of annual results, as strong cash generation led it to hike its final dividend by 50%. Profits came in well ahead of the consensus forecast of £533m.Hospitality group Whitbread rose after saying it expects full-year results to come in at the top end of expectations after a strong fourth quarter from its Premier Inn and Costa brands.Morrisons was trading higher as it reassured investors with the quick appointment of a new chief executive after Dalton Philips was pushed out of the company earlier this month after five years at the helm. The company named the former head of Tesco's Asian business, David Potts, as its boss.Shares in Sky poured on respectable gains after Citigroup retained a 'buy' recommendation on the stock and promoted it to the bank's 'Focus List Europe', as it raised its price target to 1,200p from 1,075p.Shares in engineering outfit Weir dropped nearly 10% after the company warned that the sharp decline in the price of oil will have a "significant reduction" in constant currency group revenues this year.GKN was in the red as adverse currency movements cost the group £403m and left reports sales down 2%. RisersSt James's Place (STJ) 938.50p +5.21%Whitbread (WTB) 5,250.00p +2.84%Mondi (MNDI) 1,345.00p +2.67%Sky (SKY) 1,000.00p +2.67%Kingfisher (KGF) 350.00p +2.43%Tesco (TSCO) 242.10p +1.55%Glencore (GLEN) 299.15p +1.27%Meggitt (MGGT) 543.50p +1.21%Morrison (Wm) Supermarkets (MRW) 194.10p +1.20%Ashtead Group (AHT) 1,164.00p +1.13%FallersWeir Group (WEIR) 1,691.00p -9.23%Standard Chartered (STAN) 929.20p -2.25%Intertek Group (ITRK) 2,418.00p -2.11%SABMiller (SAB) 3,632.00p -1.72%GKN (GKN) 367.70p -1.58%Smiths Group (SMIN) 1,145.00p -1.55%Experian (EXPN) 1,178.00p -1.50%Dixons Carphone (DC.) 442.70p -1.43%United Utilities Group (UU.) 949.50p -1.30%Imperial Tobacco Group (IMT) 3,114.00p -1.27%