Sector movers: Burberry lifts personal goods sector

19th Apr 2011 14:10

The personal goods sector is the best performing sector of the day, lifted higher by luxury brand giant Burberry.The group said it profits for the financial year to March 31 to be at the top end of expectations after a strong performance in the final few months. Sector peer Supergroup is also firmer.Food and drug retailers are unwanted after Tesco revealed its 2010 results. Pre-tax profits climbed by 11.3% from the same period a year ago to £3.53bn, on sales that climbed by 8.1% to £67.57bn. A final dividend of 10.09p is proposed, which takes the full-year dividend to 14.46p, a 10.8% rise on the previous year. Nevertheless, the UK saw negative like-for-like sales growth in the fourth quarter, which has hit sentiment.Sector peer and FTSE Small Cap confectionary group Thorntons is also in the red. ---bcTop performing sectors so far todayPersonal Goods 20,274.54 +5.24%Industrial Metals & Mining 8,054.94 +2.39%Industrial Engineering 6,832.01 +1.95%Mining 26,306.93 +1.91%Forestry & Paper 6,161.22 +1.78%Bottom performing sectors so far todayFood & Drug Retailers 4,646.18 -0.78%Electricity 8,014.59 -0.46%Fixed Line Telecommunications 2,326.49 -0.36%Mobile Telecommunications 3,982.65 -0.09%Software & Computer Services 694.55 -0.07%