FTSE 250 movers: Supergroup in fashion

15th Jul 2010 15:25

Newly-listed fashion retailer SuperGroup has signalled its intent saying the new financial has year started well and is in line with company expectations as it quadrupled full year pre-tax profit. The statement sent the shares up nearly 15%.The group, which joined the stock market in March 2010 and operates the SuperDry label, said underlying pre-tax profit rose to £26.5m in the 52 weeks ended 2 May 2010 from £7.9m the same time a year before. Group revenue jumped to £139.4m from £76.1m previously.Dimension Data is the best performer though. Japanese telecommunication Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT) has agreed to buy the South African IT firm for £2.12bn in cash. Shares in mother and baby retailer Mothercare are left on the shelf after it reported a 4.1% decline in first quarter UK like for like sales while international sales soared 20.3%.Electrocomponents is also out of favour even after it said it has seen significantly increased levels of customer activity as it reported a 24% jump in first-quarter revenues.FTSE 250 - RisersDimension Data Holdings (DDT) 121.60p +19.69%Supergroup (SGP) 918.00p +14.75%Moneysupermarket.com (MONY) 67.55p +4.65%Intermediate Capital Group (ICP) 269.00p +3.78%SDL International (SDL) 520.00p +3.38%Aveva Group (AVV) 1,323.00p +2.72%Filtrona PLC (FLTR) 242.20p +2.63%Synergy Healthcare (SYR) 678.00p +2.34%Hansteen Holdings (HSTN) 63.45p +2.34%Domino's Pizza UK & IRL (DOM) 422.00p +2.23%FTSE 250 - FallersConnaught (CNT) 104.50p -8.41%Gartmore Group (GRT) 103.80p -5.72%Electrocomponents (ECM) 227.10p -4.06%Promethean World (PRW) 165.00p -3.79%Mothercare (MTC) 531.50p -3.71%Aquarius Platinum Ltd. (AQP) 301.00p -3.56%Ferrexpo (FXPO) 262.60p -3.53%Senior (SNR) 130.10p -3.41%St. Modwen Properties (SMP) 167.80p -3.34%Xchanging (XCH) 204.70p -3.17%