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Market risers & fallers
The best and worst performing stocks
Daily Risers 13th Dec
Name | Price | % |
---|---|---|
Stagecoach Group | 154.2 | 16.64 |
Savills | 1152 | 13.5 |
Bellway | 3831 | 11.79 |
Tullow Oil | 67.8 | 11.77 |
Kainos Group | 692 | 11.61 |
Telecom plus | 1486 | 11.39 |
Fallers
Name | Price | % |
---|---|---|
Aston Martin Lagonda | 556.8 | -9.49 |
Future | 1362 | -3.68 |
Hochschild Mining | 156.3 | -2.31 |
Centamin | 119.7 | -1.76 |
Senior | 181.8 | -1.62 |
Baillie Gifford Japan Trust (the) | 819 | -1.33 |
Weekly risers
Name | Price | % |
---|---|---|
Stagecoach Group | 154.2 | 16.91 |
John Wood Group | 373.2 | 15.19 |
Savills | 1152 | 14.06 |
Sanne Group | 728 | 13.4 |
Dixons Carphone | 145 | 13.24 |
Bellway | 3831 | 12.88 |
Fallers
Name | Price | % |
---|---|---|
Tullow Oil | 67.8 | -52.05 |
Aston Martin Lagonda | 556.8 | -11.62 |
John Laing Group | 364.6 | -8.9 |
Micro Focus International | 1052.6 | -5.9 |
Moneysupermarket.com Group | 309.7 | -5.58 |
Hammerson | 295.8 | -4.58 |
Monthly risers
Name | Price | % |
---|---|---|
Dunelm Group | 1137 | 36.82 |
Pets At Home Group | 280 | 35.27 |
Sanne Group | 728 | 34.81 |
PureTech Health | 279 | 27.4 |
Countryside Properties | 468.8 | 26.23 |
Marks & Spencer Group | 223.6 | 25.94 |
Fallers
Name | Price | % |
---|---|---|
Signature Aviation | 324.8 | -95.84 |
Tullow Oil | 67.8 | -54.22 |
Hochschild Mining | 156.3 | -16.01 |
Moneysupermarket.com Group | 309.7 | -12.27 |
Future | 1362 | -8.71 |
Equiniti Group | 211 | -6.31 |