FTSE 250 movers: Avast gains after retaining final dividend, oilers slip again

Shares of Avast paced gains on the second-tier index with investors cheering the cyber-security software maker's decision to maintain its final dividend.

Hyve Group and Cineworld were also higher, bouncing back from the previous day's sharp losses.

Going the other way, oilers were lower, despite reports that the US administration was studying plans to pay oil shale producers for keeping part of their reserves in the ground and transferring them to the country's strategic reserves.

Automotive-related shares such as those of Aston Martin and TI Fluid were also on the back foot, close on the heels of data released the day before that revealed historic declines in US auto sales and production.

Market Movers

FTSE 250 (MCX) 15,378.57 0.20%

FTSE 250 - Risers

Hyve Group (HYVE) 24.35p 18.48%
Avast (AVST) 442.40p 9.94%
Crest Nicholson Holdings (CRST) 232.00p 8.41%
Hiscox Limited (DI) (HSX) 790.20p 8.25%
Senior (SNR) 60.05p 6.47%
Frasers Group (FRAS) 221.00p 6.25%
Trainline (TRN) 346.80p 5.93%
Vistry Group (VTY) 677.50p 5.86%
Premier Oil (PMO) 23.50p 5.71%
Mediclinic International (MDC) 267.20p 5.28%

FTSE 250 - Fallers

Petrofac Ltd. (PFC) 157.85p -14.74%
Watches of Switzerland Group (WOSG) 208.50p -12.94%
Aston Martin Lagonda Global Holdings (AML) 50.50p -11.48%
Capita (CPI) 32.72p -10.55%
TI Fluid Systems (TIFS) 156.40p -9.70%
BMO Commercial Property Trust Limited (BCPT) 67.30p -8.93%
Equiniti Group (EQN) 137.80p -8.01%
Dixons Carphone (DC.) 65.00p -8.00%
G4S (GFS) 87.70p -7.12%
Micro Focus International (MCRO) 360.30p -6.59%