FTSE 250 movers: Weir leads the way

9th Mar 2010 11:38

Weir is the top riser in the FTSE 100. The weakness of sterling helped the engineering group Weir grow revenues in 2009 and post a record operating profit. Revenue in 2009 grew 3% to £1,390m from £1,354m in 2008, but was down in 7% in constant currency (CC) terms.The car dealer Inchcape is motoring forward ahead of tomorrow's results.Shares in Shanks are sharply lower. The waste group said it has ended talks with private equity group Carlyle about a possible offer.FTSE 250 - RisersWeir Group (WEIR) 906.00p +5.47%Telecity Group (TCY) 422.40p +3.71%Logica (LOG) 123.70p +2.83%Henderson Group (HGG) 130.70p +2.67%United Business Media (UBM) 506.50p +2.55%Inchcape (INCH) 28.14p +2.33%Ecofin Water & Power Opportunities (ECWO) 144.90p +2.04%Euromoney Institutional Investor (ERM) 472.20p +1.79%PayPoint (PAY) 372.00p +1.64%AG Barr (BAG) 870.00p +1.64%FTSE 250 - FallersShanks Group (SKS) 103.80p -13.79%Hochschild Mining (HOC) 293.80p -3.77%Misys (MSY) 234.80p -3.61%Domino's Pizza UK & IRL (DOM) 327.60p -3.56%Laird (LRD) 144.10p -3.55%Mothercare (MTC) 621.50p -3.34%Yell Group (YELL) 39.80p -3.33%Catlin Group (CGL) 355.10p -3.32%St James's Place (STJ) 249.10p -3.07%Dairy Crest Group (DCG) 355.80p -3.03%