FTSE 250 movers: Pub groups fizz

8th Sep 2009 08:48

Shares in Enterprise Inns and Punch Taverns are in demand after strong food sales helped fellow pub operator Greene King post a healthy rise in like-for-like sales.Cardboard and paper supplier DS Smith is going well after saying it enjoyed a better than expected first quarter's trading. The firm is still concerned about the level of demand overall while input costs are rising though.Shares in Ashtead are higher after the industrial equipment rental firm posted a 77% fall in profits in the quarter to July 31 but said trading levels should be similar over the following quarter, suggesting that the decline is easing.FTSE 250 - RisersYell Group (YELL) 58.25p +8.88%DS Smith (SMDS) 86.50p +4.22%Babcock International Group (BAB) 538.00p +3.36%Ashtead Group (AHT) 82.60p +3.25%Henderson Group (HGG) 129.50p +3.19%Daily Mail and General Trust (DMGT) 410.00p +3.17%Enterprise Inns (ETI) 171.60p +3.06%Burberry Group (BRBY) 520.00p +2.87%Mouchel Group (MCHL) 178.00p +2.77%Punch Taverns (PUB) 140.80p +2.70%FTSE 250 - FallersMcbride (MCB) 153.00p -4.38%Robert Wiseman (RWD) 397.10p -3.15%Kier Group (KIE) 1,169.00p -2.58%Edinburgh Dragon Trust (EFM) 169.50p -2.19%Cranswick (CWK) 595.00p -2.14%Northern Foods (NFDS) 66.35p -1.92%Morgan Sindall (MGNS) 700.50p -1.75%Brit Insurance Holding (BRE) 204.40p -1.73%Domino Printing (DNO) 270.00p -1.64%Chaucer Holdings (CHU) 47.00p -1.59%