FTSE 250 movers: Dunelm shines in struggling market

7th Jul 2011 16:42

The FTSE 250 regained its momentum with financial services sector advancing higher after the Bank of England maintained record low interest rates for the 28th consecutive month. Meanwhile, on the earnings front, out-of-town home furninshing retailer Dunelm posted like-for-like sales growth despite operating in a challenging market. On the downside, Booker Group gave up much of yesterday's gains, while engineering products supplier Premier Farnell warned of a lower than expected sales growth due to difficult market conditions. Shares of Hays and rival Michael Page dragged the index lower after recruitment firm Hays recovery in UK private sector is slowing. Shares of another rival, Robert Walters that had provided with encouraging second-quarter updates on Wednesday, also declined.FTSE 250 - RisersDunelm Group (DNLM) 451.30p +11.29%Petropavlovsk (POG) 760.00p +4.68%Anglo Pacific Group (APF) 335.80p +4.29%Yule Catto & Co (YULC) 252.60p +3.87%Elementis (ELM) 187.70p +3.82%Supergroup (SGP) 970.00p +3.47%Ferrexpo (FXPO) 485.10p +3.41%Henderson Group (HGG) 160.60p +3.15%JD Sports Fashion (JD.) 1,030.00p +3.00%Hochschild Mining (HOC) 480.00p +2.96%FTSE 250 - FallersPremier Farnell (PFL) 194.10p -20.48%Electrocomponents (ECM) 256.10p -6.70%Booker Group (BOK) 73.75p -5.27%Bwin.party Digital Entertainment (BPTY) 142.00p -4.44%Hays (HAS) 100.00p -3.01%Derwent London (DLN) 1,825.00p -2.41%Michael Page International (MPI) 532.50p -2.38%Capital & Counties Properties (CAPC) 198.00p -2.32%easyJet (EZJ) 350.10p -2.26%New World Resources A Shares (NWR) 905.00p -2.22%