FTSE 250 movers: Mitie climbs after mighty profit rise

17th May 2010 14:21

Services group Mitie is going well after it revealed a 17% rise in annual pre-tax profit, increased its dividend and said it is confident on delivering sustainable profitable growth.Private equity group SVG Capital falls after saying it has seen the value of its quoted investment portfolio grow by £12.9m, or 4.1p a share, since the end of 2009 to £113.8m.No-frills airline Easyjet is sharply lower after the boardroom discontent that has been simmering for months burst out on Friday.Exhibitions group ITE is lower after it reported a drop in both profit and revenue in what it called a 'challenging' first half. Pre-tax profit dropped to £5.6m in the six month ended 31 March compared with £11.1m last time, on revenues of £39.2m from £43.2m previously.FTSE 250 - RisersMitie Group (MTO) 240.70p +4.65%Euromoney Institutional Investor (ERM) 583.50p +4.57%St. Modwen Properties (SMP) 184.50p +3.13%Big Yellow Group (BYG) 316.80p +2.86%Inchcape (INCH) 330.00p +2.74%Senior (SNR) 115.40p +2.40%Daejan Holdings (DJAN) 2,262.00p +2.35%Mondi (MNDI) 431.80p +2.32%Petropavlovsk (POG) 1,256.00p +2.28%Shaftesbury (SHB) 374.70p +2.07%FTSE 250 - FallerseasyJet (EZJ) 392.70p -5.53%ITE Group (ITE) 145.60p -4.84%Ferrexpo (FXPO) 271.60p -4.40%SVG Capital (SVI) 157.60p -4.08%Punch Taverns (PUB) 77.10p -3.93%Ecofin Water & Power Opportunities (ECWO) 138.20p -3.29%Aveva Group (AVV) 1,155.00p -3.02%Rightmove (RMV) 655.00p -2.67%Keller Group (KLR) 612.00p -2.63%SDL International (SDL) 452.20p -2.54%