FTSE 100 movers: House builders bounce back; Pharma out of favour

Housebuilders pushed the FTSE 100 into positive territory on Friday.

Berkeley Homes, Barratt Developments, Persimmon and Taylor Wimpey all bounced back from lower levels, while Land Securities also rose on the back of sector momentum.

Retailers Dixons Carphone and Marks & Spencer were also riding the market's bounce.

On the red side of the screen, oil majors suffered in line with the weaker crude price. Royal Dutch Shell shares were down almost 1%.

Pharmaceutical shares were also out of favour, with AstraZeneca, GlaxoSmithKline and Shire all lower. Shares in US drug firm Juno plunged overnight after the US Food and Drug Administration placed a cancer study on hold when three patients died.

Market Movers

FTSE 100 (UKX) 6,551.47 0.27%

FTSE 100 - Risers

Taylor Wimpey (TW.) 132.00p 8.11%
Marks & Spencer Group (MKS) 317.90p 6.36%
Persimmon (PSN) 1,414.00p 5.76%
Dixons Carphone (DC.) 315.00p 5.70%
Berkeley Group Holdings (The) (BKG) 2,450.00p 5.42%
Barratt Developments (BDEV) 367.60p 5.30%
Royal Bank of Scotland Group (RBS) 166.90p 5.23%
Hargreaves Lansdown (HL.) 1,195.00p 5.19%
Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY) 51.94p 4.51%
Land Securities Group (LAND) 1,005.00p 4.42%

FTSE 100 - Fallers

British American Tobacco (BATS) 4,842.00p -2.13%
Imperial Brands (IMB) 4,009.00p -1.92%
Diageo (DGE) 2,121.50p -1.83%
Coca-Cola HBC AG (CDI) (CCH) 1,531.00p -1.48%
AstraZeneca (AZN) 4,527.00p -1.45%
Shire Plc (SHP) 4,818.00p -1.15%
Royal Dutch Shell 'B' (RDSB) 2,104.00p -1.10%
Mediclinic International (MDC) 1,089.00p -1.00%
Royal Dutch Shell 'A' (RDSA) 2,078.00p -0.91%
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) 1,643.00p -0.90%