6th Sep 2024 14:22
(Sharecast News) - London's FTSE 100 was down 0.2% at 8,229.33 in afternoon trade on Friday.
Credit-checking firm Experian was the top gainer on the index for no apparent reason.
Vistry was in the red, having rallied a day earlier as it announced a further £130m share buyback and posted a 7% increase in first-half pre-tax profit.
In the half year to 30 June, adjusted pre-tax profit rose to £186.2m from £174m in the same period a year earlier, with total completions up 9.1% to 7,792. Vistry hailed "good demand" across its Partner Funded markets.
Revenue was 11.1% higher at £1.97bn.
Heavily-weighted miners were also on the back foot, with Anglo American, Antofagasta and Glencore all down.
FTSE 100 - Risers
Experian (EXPN) 3,661.00p 2.29%
CRH (CDI) (CRH) 6,460.00p 1.99%
Relx plc (REL) 3,546.00p 1.72%
AstraZeneca (AZN) 12,746.00p 1.64%
London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) 10,245.00p 1.49%
Convatec Group (CTEC) 234.60p 1.47%
InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) 7,600.00p 1.25%
Spirax Group (SPX) 7,380.00p 1.17%
Intermediate Capital Group (ICG) 2,092.00p 1.16%
3i Group (III) 3,111.00p 1.14%
FTSE 100 - Fallers
Vistry Group (VTY) 1,346.00p -5.87%
Burberry Group (BRBY) 614.40p -3.61%
B&M European Value Retail S.A. (DI) (BME) 424.60p -3.52%
Barratt Developments (BDEV) 492.90p -2.51%
Anglo American (AAL) 2,050.00p -2.47%
Antofagasta (ANTO) 1,669.00p -1.97%
Glencore (GLEN) 371.90p -1.96%
Associated British Foods (ABF) 2,248.00p -1.79%
Beazley (BEZ) 767.00p -1.67%
Shell (SHEL) 2,535.00p -1.53%