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FTSE 100 movers: Dechra in the dog house; 3i rallies

(Sharecast News) - London's FTSE 100 was down 0.8% at 7,207.25 in afternoon trade on Thursday. Dechra Pharmaceuticals slid after the animal drug maker raised around £180m in a discounted share placing for the acquisition of US-based Piedmont Animal Health.

SSE was weaker even as it said its first-quarter performance slightly exceeded its expectations, with continued progress on key energy infrastructure projects.

On the upside, 3i Group gained after saying it had made a good start to the new financial year, with both portfolios trading "resiliently".

Howden Joinery rallied after it posted a jump in first-half profit and revenue as it said it was trading "well ahead" of pre-Covid levels and backed its outlook for the year. The kitchen supplier said first-half pre-tax profit rose 21.6% to £145m, with revenues up 16.3% on the year at £913.1m. Versus 2019 pre-Covid levels, pre-tax profit was up 85.7% and revenues were ahead 39.9%.

JD Sports was in the black following reports it is looking to sell the Footasylum chain to Aurelius Group.

FTSE 100 - Risers

3i Group (III) 1,245.00p 4.01% Howden Joinery Group (HWDN) 651.00p 3.50% Spirax-Sarco Engineering (SPX) 11,245.00p 3.21% Rightmove (RMV) 634.80p 3.15% JD Sports Fashion (JD.) 144.15p 3.11% Auto Trader Group (AUTO) 616.40p 2.66% Taylor Wimpey (TW.) 125.50p 2.66% RS Group (RS1) 1,003.00p 2.45% Intermediate Capital Group (ICP) 1,451.00p 2.44% WPP (WPP) 874.00p 2.37%

FTSE 100 - Fallers

Dechra Pharmaceuticals (DPH) 3,562.00p -4.50% Harbour Energy (HBR) 340.50p -2.77% AstraZeneca (AZN) 10,650.00p -2.45% Fresnillo (FRES) 644.80p -2.39% BAE Systems (BA.) 784.00p -2.39% Glencore (GLEN) 416.10p -2.34% National Grid (NG.) 1,076.00p -2.27% Avast (AVST) 516.20p -2.05% SSE (SSE) 1,728.50p -1.98% Reckitt Benckiser Group (RKT) 6,190.00p -1.78%

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