FTSE 250 movers: Mining giants climb the ladder

29th May 2013 13:46

Miners rallied Wednesday after gold advanced in New York and London as lower prices lured buyers of the metal amid an extended drop in holdings in exchange-traded products. Natural resource giant African Barrick Gold rose to lead other mining companies higher including Petropavlovsk and Lomnim.On the other end of the spectrum, home credit business International Personal Finance was the biggest FTSE 250 faller. That came despite news that Stoxx - a unit of Deutsche Boerse - will add the company's stock to the Stoxx 600 on July 24th.FirstGroup nipped at its heels to decline following news the troubled transport operator's Chief Executive Tim O'Toole offered to quit over its £615m rights issue. FTSE 250 - RisersAfrican Barrick Gold (ABG) 135.30p +3.92%Petropavlovsk (POG) 130.40p +2.84%Lonmin (LMI) 270.80p +2.23%Petra Diamonds Ltd.(DI) (PDL) 108.70p +2.16%Rank Group (RNK) 150.00p +2.04%Bank of Georgia Holdings (BGEO) 1,866.00p +1.97%Telecom Plus (TEP) 1,308.00p +1.87%Brewin Dolphin Holdings (BRW) 223.50p +1.68%Heritage Oil (HOIL) 151.30p +1.61%Kentz Corporation Ltd. (KENZ) 406.40p +1.57%FTSE 250 - FallersInternational Personal Finance (IPF) 523.00p -5.77%FirstGroup (FGP) 117.50p -5.39%Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC) 44.43p -4.02%Great Portland Estates (GPOR) 552.00p -3.83%Marston's (MARS) 147.10p -3.60%Regus (RGU) 161.90p -3.34%Premier Farnell (PFL) 217.50p -3.29%New World Resources A Shares (NWR) 108.20p -3.05%Ted Baker (TED) 1,445.00p -3.02%Go-Ahead Group (GOG) 1,492.00p -2.99%RD