FTSE 250 movers: China data boosts miners; Dunelm down on deputy chair stake sale

The FTSE 250 was in solid positive territory on Wednesday afternoon with the mid-cap index up 1.27% to 17,009 at 1441 BST.

Positive China export data boosted mining stocks and helped sector heavweights Evraz and Tullow Oil pull the overall index into the green. Both stocks were up around 10%.

Halfords motored ahead on the back of good full year revenue figures as drivers showed an increasing like for the firms range of dashboard cameras, and bike sales continued to pedal along steadily.

On the red side of the trading screen, Dunelm shares were down after deputy chairman Will Adderley, son of founder Bill, sold a a £73m stake, or 4%, of the home furnishing retailer's shares just weeks after its solid third-quarter results.

Adderley sold the parcel through a placing of 8m shares to institutional investors at 915p each.

Evraz (EVR) 119.50p 10.34%
Tullow Oil (TLW) 221.80p 9.64%
Halfords Group (HFD) 416.20p 7.82%
Aberdeen Asset Management (ADN) 294.80p 6.89%
International Personal Finance (IPF) 279.50p 6.35%
Zoopla Property Group (WI) (ZPLA) 264.20p 5.30%
Inchcape (INCH) 720.00p 5.11%
Amec Foster Wheeler (AMFW) 490.40p 4.76%
Weir Group (WEIR) 1,124.00p 4.27%
Morgan Advanced Materials (MGAM) 223.90p 4.04%

FTSE 250 - Fallers

Acacia Mining (ACA) 296.20p -4.70%
Dunelm Group (DNLM) 917.00p -3.83%
WH Smith (SMWH) 1,766.00p -2.16%
Telecom Plus (TEP) 837.50p -1.59%
Allied Minds (ALM) 378.20p -1.51%
Aveva Group (AVV) 1,550.00p -1.40%
Booker Group (BOK) 168.00p -1.18%
Greencore Group (GNC) 375.70p -1.03%
Wizz Air Holdings (WIZZ) 1,872.00p -1.00%
NB Global Floating Rate Income Fund Ltd GBP (NBLS) 91.05p -0.98%