Below are the main news-driven share price movements at 4pm.
RISERS
Corero Network (LON:CNS) up 9.4% to 17.5p. The firm won a significant order for its SmartWall Threat Defense System (TDS) from a US web site hosting company.
Egdon Resources (LON:EDR) up 9.3% to 10.25p. Andrew Lodge, non-executive director, bought half a million shares on Monday at 9.5p per share.
Caledonia Mining (LON:CMCL) up 6.6% to 40p. The company, which owns the Blanket Mine in Zimbabwe, is paying 1.125 US cents a share for the quarter just gone – or the equivalent of 4.5 cents on an annualised basis.
*Bonus riser* Home Retail (LON:HOME) up 39.3% to 137p. The firm continues to rocket after supermarket chain Sainsbury’s (LON:SBRY) confirmed it made an approach for the Argos and Homebase owner in November last year.
FALLERS
Greka Drilling (LON:GDL) down 27.2% to 4p. The company issued a statement saying it knew of no reason for the fall, and that its operations update is due next month.
Imaginatik (LON:IMTK) down 8.8% to 3.8p. The consultancy firm paid off the remainder of a loan from non-executive chairman Matt Cooper, with US$250,000 still outstanding from a separate loan.
Below are the main news-driven share price movements at 1pm.
Risers
Home Retail (LON:HOME), up 24%. The owner of Argos was the subject to a takeover approach from Sainsbury (LON:SBRY), the supermarket retailer has revealed.
Oxford Biomedica (LON:OXB), up 12%. It happens that the gene and cell therapy group announced that non-executive director Dan Soland is stepping down after being hired as new chief executive of uniQure.
AA (LON:AA.), up 3%. The roadside recovery group is getting back into the ‘black box’ market with a new joint venture.
Fallers
Sainsbury (LON:SBRY), down 4.1%.
SuperGroup (LON:SGP), down 4.6%. The branded clothing retailer was among those ailing in the sector following Next’s profit warning.
Game Digital (LON:GAME), down 4.4%. The video game retailer already got its profit warning out a few weeks before its clothes selling high street neighbours, nevertheless, it continues to be pressured in the market.
Below are the main news-driven share price movements at 9am.
RISERS
React Energy (LON:REAC) up 19.2% to 3.88p. Shares were higher again after the firm unveiled new plans on Monday for the Newry Biomass plant, in northern Ireland, where a deal has been done to ‘repower’ the project.
Sigma Capital Group (LON:SGM) up 9% to 102p. The firm said it expects to beat market hopes for the year after a strong second half. Pre-tax profit for the year is forecast to be around £2mln, far ahead of previous expectations.
MySQUAR (LON:MYSQ) up7.1% to 5.6p. The explosive growth in user numbers of the Myanmar-language social media platform operated by the company has taken even its management by surprise. At the end of the year, the total number of users of MySQUAR's products had topped 2mln – an increase of more than 150%.
FALLERS
PeerTV (LON:PTV) down 23% to 1.25p. Shares continue to drop after the company issued 2.5mln shares at 1.96p per share to raise £50,000 as part of the repayment of a revolving financing facility which previously stood at £90,000 on Monday.
RPC Group (LON:RPC) down 5% to 779p. As announced last month, 50.5mln new shares were admitted to the London Stock Exchange on Monday.
Next (LON:NXT) down 5% to 6,835p. The fashion retailer blamed warm autumn weather for a disappointing high street performance in the fourth quarter. Sales in its shops fell 0.5% between October 26 and December 24, although the figure for the year to January 2 was up 2.1%.