FTSE 250 movers: SIG climbs after signing new loan facility

2nd Oct 2014 16:14

SIG rose on the news it has refinanced its £250m revolving credit facility with a new five-year deal with Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds Banking Group, Royal Bank of Scotland and Commerzbank. The facility matures in October 2019 and the European building products distributor said it will ensure significant funding headroom and liquidity to support medium-term strategic plans.Construction and facilities management group Carillion climbed after saying earnings and cash generation both remained in line with expectations for the full year after a robust third quarter. After returning to positive net cash generation during the first half, the FTSE 250 company's trading and cash flow performance continued to be encouraging. The mobilisation of new contracts, particularly in support services, will continue to be a major focus during the balance of 2014 and early 2015, having won orders and probable orders worth approximately £3.2bn in the first half.Domino's Pizza Group served up yet another tasty set of numbers on Thursday, driven by a strong UK performance thanks to improved economic conditions, continued emphasis on meal deal promotions and more customers ordering online. For the 12 weeks ended 28 September, UK like-for-like (LFL) sales rose 12.9%, while system sales jumped 17.6% from £140.9m to £165.7m. In the period, online orders represented 70.9% of delivered sales compared to 62.4% a year earlier.Meanwhile, Balfour Beatty failed to cheer investors with the news it will sell its 50% interest in the Pinderfields and Pontefract Hospital public-private partnership project in the UK. The news comes after Balfour issued its third profit warning of the year on Monday, due to increased losses on the mismanagement of a number of UK contracts.FTSE 250 - RisersAfrican Barrick Gold (ABG) 221.10p +5.74%Croda International (CRDA) 2,078.00p +4.42%Greencore Group (GNC) 238.40p +3.83%SIG (SHI) 164.40p +2.05%Carillion (CLLN) 310.10p +1.91%Debenhams (DEB) 58.85p +1.82%Ophir Energy (OPHR) 224.80p +1.77%Domino's Pizza Group (DOM) 578.50p +1.58%Alent (ALNT) 325.40p +1.37%IG Group Holdings (IGG) 599.00p +1.27%FTSE 250 - FallersJust Retirement Group (JRG) 119.50p -4.17%Domino Printing Sciences (DNO) 586.00p -4.09%Brown (N.) Group (BWNG) 355.50p -3.89%Kazakhmys (KAZ) 250.10p -3.84%EnQuest (ENQ) 103.70p -3.80%Zoopla Property Group (WI) (ZPLA) 216.40p -3.74%Balfour Beatty (BBY) 178.40p -3.67%Saga (SAGA) 162.10p -3.45%Centamin (DI) (CEY) 58.90p -3.44%Vesuvius (VSVS) 423.50p -3.40%