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Risers and fallers: Weatherly, Hayward Tyler, Lombard Risk...

Last updated: 12:02 20 Oct 2016 BST, First published: 09:32 20 Oct 2016 BST

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Some of the main news-driven share price changes in London at 12pm.

RISERS

IXICO Plc (LON:IXI), up 22% to 28.7p. Signed a US$1.2mln contract with a “top 15 global pharmaceutical company”, which will use Ixico’s technology to analyse data from an upcoming Phase IIa clinical trial.

Quantum Pharma PLC (LON:QP.), up 22% to 39.8p. Raised £15mln this morning via a placing of 44.1mln shares at a price of 34p to help reduce net debt.

Botswana Diamonds PLC (LON:BOD), up 12% to 1.6p. Drilling has started at the PL135 licence in the Gope Region of the Kalahari Desert, which the firm has called a “top priority target”.

 

FALLERS

GB Group PLC (LON:GBG), down 13% to 280p. The identity management specialist issued a pre-close trading update and expects trading profits to be in line with expectations. Investors were clearly hoping for a bit more.

Hayward Tyler Group PLC(LON:HAYT), down 12% to 80p. The company posted an operating loss of £5.5mln for its first half, although the order book looks strong for the next six months.

Weatherly International plc (LON:WTI), down 17% to 0.25p. Groundwater issues at its Tschudi mine in Namibia hit production but it is confident it can manage these issues over the long-term.

 


 

Some of the main news-driven share price changes in London at 9.30am.

RISERS

Georgian Mining Corporation (LON:GEO), up 37% to 12.4p. The copper and gold explorer, formerly known as Noricum Gold, has found “additional significant” near-surface copper and gold sulphide mineralisation at its Kvemo Bolnisi project.

Lombard Risk Management plc (LON:LRM), up 17% to 8.7p. The compliance software provider posted record first half revenues today, while the order book is also looking strong.

Redx Pharma Plc (LON:REDX), up 6% to 50.5p. Announced this morning that it plans to take a candidate from its cancer drug programme into clinical development.

 

FALLERS

NCC Group PLC (LON:NCC), down 34% to 227.6p. The cyber security specialist said it couldn’t be sure of the exact impact three large contract cancellations would have on its current financial year, but said they were causing “a significant erosion of margin” in its assurance business.

Keller Group PLC (LON:KLR), down 26% to 659p. The ground engineering firm warned on its full-year underlying results this morning, citing “very difficult market conditions” in the Asia Pacific region, as well as in Canada and sub-Saharan Africa.

Senior PLC (LON:SNR), down 18% to 166p. Favourable exchange glossed over a disappointing nine months for the company, which now expects full year performance to be lower than previously anticipated.

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