Financial group Phoenix was among the best performers on the second tier index after Berenberg upgraded its rating on the stock to ‘buy’, while Halfords, TalkTalk and Cranswick were all lower after going ex-dividend.

Support services firm also Carillion dropped after confirming predictions that its profits will be lower in the first half of the year.

Britvic was still down after being forced on Tuesday to recall all of its Robinsons Fruit Shoot and Fruit Shoot Hydro packs, which feature a new design cap, due to a potential packaging safety issue, resulting in a reduction to profits.

FTSE 250 – Risers
Yule Catto & Co (YULC) 147.00p +4.93%
Phoenix Group Holdings (DI) (PHNX) 497.30p +4.50%
Close Brothers Group (CBG) 781.00p +2.49%
Petra Diamonds Ltd.(DI) (PDL) 124.00p +1.64%
Gem Diamonds Ltd. (DI) (GEMD) 206.00p +1.63%
Inchcape (INCH) 355.10p +1.60%
Atkins (WS) (ATK) 709.50p +1.50%
Ferrexpo (FXPO) 224.40p +1.45%
NMC Health (NMC) 199.90p +1.27%
Talvivaara Mining Company (TALV) 150.30p +1.14%

FTSE 250 – Fallers
Halfords Group (HFD) 206.90p -9.41%
Man Group (EMG) 67.60p -4.59%
Avocet Mining (AVM) 68.05p -4.49%
Aquarius Platinum Ltd. (AQP) 48.99p -3.94%
De La Rue (DLAR) 983.50p -3.86%
Domino Printing Sciences (DNO) 551.50p -3.25%
Carillion (CLLN) 273.20p -3.15%
Cranswick (CWK) 814.00p -3.10%
Britvic (BVIC) 307.30p -2.97%
Taylor Wimpey (TW.) 47.92p -2.72%

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