FTSE 250 movers: NCC rallies; British Land goes ex-div

London’s FTSE 250 was down 1.3% at 18,325.68 in afternoon trade on Thursday.

NCC rallied to the top of the index after the cyber security specialist appointed a new chief financial officer and said it was confident in the group's ability to achieve double-digit revenue growth and mid-teens operating profit margins from FY26 onwards.

British Land was in the red as it traded without entitlement to the dividend.

FTSE 250 - Risers

NCC Group (NCC) 89.00p 2.30%
Synthomer (SYNT) 73.45p 2.16%
Aston Martin Lagonda Global Holdings (AML) 329.80p 2.11%
Ferrexpo (FXPO) 88.30p 1.20%
Helios Towers (HTWS) 93.40p 0.97%
Digital 9 Infrastructure NPV (DGI9) 68.30p 0.74%
Marks & Spencer Group (MKS) 188.90p 0.67%
Carnival (CCL) 1,107.50p 0.59%
Darktrace (DARK) 321.30p 0.50%
Hilton Food Group (HFG) 650.00p 0.46%

FTSE 250 - Fallers

British Land Company (BLND) 311.20p -5.47%
North Atlantic Smaller Companies Inv Trust (NAS) 3,570.00p -5.05%
Virgin Money UK (VMUK) 146.25p -5.03%
Future (FUTR) 672.50p -4.88%
Energean (ENOG) 1,059.00p -4.34%
Marshalls (MSLH) 251.40p -4.19%
Kainos Group (KNOS) 1,261.00p -3.74%
Babcock International Group (BAB) 294.00p -3.73%
Molten Ventures (GROW) 247.60p -3.66%
HICL Infrastructure (HICL) 127.60p -3.63%