TechMARK movers: Microgen pleases market

24th Feb 2011 13:29

Full year figures from software provider Microgen were well received making it one of the few risers on TechMARK today. Revenue from continuing operations rose 16% to £33.7m in 2010 but all of the growth came from the Microgen Aptitude Solutions division. The financial systems software division's revenue fell but it remains the main profit contributor. Underlying pre-tax profit increased from £5.91m to £8.11m. The final divided was bumped up from 1.5p a share to 2.2p a share, making a total of 4.5p a share for the year. Broadcast technology supplier Vislink has fallen in price following six trades today. All of the trades were sales and the biggest was worth just over £4,300. Earlier this week, chief executive Duncan Lewis said he will leave at the end of March.FTSE TechMARK - Risers Microgen (MCGN) 138.00p +3.76%Antisoma (ASM) 2.90p +1.75%XP Power Ltd. (DI) (XPP) 1,660.00p +1.22%Oxford Instruments (OXIG) 617.50p +0.73%Sinclair Pharma (SPH) 37.00p +0.68%Anite (AIE) 69.00p +0.18%FTSE TechMARK - Fallers Ark Therapeutics Group (AKT) 4.15p -10.27%Filtronic (FTC) 30.50p -8.61%Alterian (ALN) 181.75p -6.79%Phytopharm (PYM) 7.75p -6.06%Vislink (VLK) 20.25p -5.81%Sepura (SEPU) 43.50p -4.40%Dialight (DIA) 595.00p -2.46%KCOM Group (KCOM) 63.50p -2.31%E2V Technologies (E2V) 109.50p -2.23%Oxford Biomedica (OXB) 6.20p -2.21%