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27 May, 2015 12:33 27 May, 2015 13:52

FTSE 100 movers: CRH surges on Holcim offer, Weir Group hit by downgrade

UK stocks rebounded from the previous session's sell-off as gains made by tobacco, construction, electronics and utilities stocks outweighed weakness in mining and industrial metals.

Ashtead Group

6,196.00p

15:45 15/11/24
-0.71%
-44.00p

Construction & Materials

12,379.56

15:44 15/11/24
0.53%
65.46

CRH (CDI)

7,778.00p

15:45 15/11/24
-0.94%
-74.00p

Electricity

10,595.89

15:44 15/11/24
0.06%
6.72

Ferguson Enterprises Inc. (DI)

15,770.00p

15:45 15/11/24
-2.59%
-420.00p

FTSE 100

8,060.61

15:45 15/11/24
n/a
n/a

FTSE 250

20,508.75

15:45 15/11/24
n/a
n/a

FTSE 350

4,453.56

15:45 15/11/24
n/a
n/a

FTSE All-Share

4,411.85

15:45 15/11/24
n/a
n/a

Harbour Energy

253.90p

15:44 15/11/24
0.51%
1.30p

Household Goods & Home Construction

11,324.30

15:45 15/11/24
-0.77%
-87.44

Imperial Brands

2,370.00p

15:45 15/11/24
0.77%
18.00p

Industrial Engineering

11,826.25

15:44 15/11/24
-0.36%
-43.28

International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (CDI)

240.80p

15:45 15/11/24
0.67%
1.60p

Oil & Gas Producers

8,043.72

15:45 15/11/24
1.32%
105.17

Persimmon

1,268.00p

15:45 15/11/24
-0.16%
-2.00p

Support Services

10,885.48

15:45 15/11/24
-0.85%
-93.62

Tobacco

33,072.47

15:45 15/11/24
1.57%
510.39

Travel & Leisure

8,607.27

15:45 15/11/24
-0.29%
-25.35

Travis Perkins

804.00p

15:44 15/11/24
-0.12%
-1.00p

Weir Group

2,132.00p

15:45 15/11/24
-0.19%
-4.00p

As of 13:45, the FTSE 100 was trading points 47.1 points higher at 6,996.

Shares in building materials group CRH surged after finally entering into a binding offer with European cement giants Holcim and Lafarge to buy assets worth €6.5bn as part of their proposed merger.

Others in the building and construction sectors were also in demand, including Ashtead, Travis Perkins, Wolseley and Persimmon.

Imperial Tobacco gained after being given the green light by US trade regulators for its $4.7bn asset purchase from the merging Lorillard and Reynolds. The deal, which still must clear some smaller legal hurdles, is expected to complete within weeks.

IAG was lifted by news that the Irish government agreed to sell its 25% stake in Aer Lingus, allowing the British Airways owner to officially launch its €1.36bn bid for the Irish airline.

Engineer Weir Group was in the red after being hit with a downgrade to 'hold' by analysts at Deutsche Bank.

Risers
Ashtead Group (AHT) 1,216.00p +2.70%
CRH (CRH) 1,823.00p +2.65%
Imperial Tobacco Group (IMT) 3,359.00p +2.28%
Wolseley (WOS) 4,088.00p +2.15%
SSE (SSE) 1,680.00p +2.13%
Travis Perkins (TPK) 2,238.00p +2.10%
easyJet (EZJ) 1,648.00p +1.98%
Smiths Group (SMIN) 1,216.00p +1.93%
G4S (GFS) 303.00p +1.92%
InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) 2,774.00p +1.80%

Fallers
Old Mutual (OML) 226.80p -1.82%
Glencore (GLEN) 285.60p -1.43%
Weir Group (WEIR) 1,979.00p -1.15%
SABMiller (SAB) 3,528.00p -0.83%
Anglo American (AAL) 1,028.00p -0.82%
BHP Billiton (BLT) 1,364.50p -0.76%
Fresnillo (FRES) 730.50p -0.75%
Mondi (MNDI) 1,492.00p -0.67%
Sainsbury (J) (SBRY) 255.80p -0.20%
Hikma Pharmaceuticals (HIK) 2,080.00p -0.14%

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