FTSE 250 Movers: Home Retail rises amid takeover talk

4th Oct 2011 15:55

The share price rose at retail chain Home Retail, which is apparently again the subject of take-over talk. Amongst the possible suitors which are being bandied about for the Argos owner are Wal-Mart or a US private equity fund, according to a report in The Times newspaper.TUI Travel was on the up despite news that some of its call centre workers had stolen £400k from the firm. Call centre staff in Newcastle entered their own bank details into the system used to refund the company's customers, a report from chroniclelive.com said. FTSE 250 - RisersDebenhams (DEB) 58.65p +2.27%African Barrick Gold (ABG) 528.50p +2.03%Home Retail Group (HOME) 120.90p +1.94%TUI Travel (TT.) 151.10p +1.61%Ultra Electronics Holdings (ULE) 1,544.00p +1.51%Rank Group (RNK) 117.30p +1.12%Cranswick (CWK) 631.50p +1.04%Hansen Transmissions International NV (DI) (HSN) 65.65p +0.69%Carpetright (CPR) 497.60p +0.65%COLT Group SA (COLT) 100.60p +0.60%FTSE 250 - FallersOphir Energy (OPHR) 228.40p -14.55%SVG Capital (SVI) 187.00p -9.22%Perform Group (PER) 200.00p -9.09%Savills (SVS) 256.00p -8.90%Oxford Instruments (OXIG) 712.00p -8.54%Fenner (FENR) 281.20p -8.13%Victrex (VCT) 1,029.00p -7.88%Ferrexpo (FXPO) 241.90p -7.71%Spectris (SXS) 1,044.00p -7.61%Invensys (ISYS) 200.00p -7.58%NR