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FTSE 250 movers: Petropavlovsk takes a beating; Morgan Advanced rallies

(Sharecast News) - London's FTSE 250 was 3% lower at 19,486.03 9 in afternoon trade on Friday. Gold miner Petropavlovsk - which has operations in Russia - was the worst performer on the index.

Government contractor Mitie was weaker after the UK's competition regulator launched a probe into the company over possible law breaches involving contracts for immigrant removal centres.

On the upside, Morgan Advanced Materials surged after saying it swung to a full-year pre-tax profit as demand recovered strongly across the global economy. In the year to 31 December 2021, the group swung to a statutory pre-tax profit of £104.3m from a loss of £13.1m the year before, with revenues up 4.4% at £950.5m.

Gold miners Hochschild and Centamin shone as gold prices benefited from safe haven demand.

Hammerson rose after the retail property owner reported an increase in full-year adjusted earnings as the easing of Covid restrictions saw a rebound of footfall to its shopping centres.

FTSE 250 - Risers

Morgan Advanced Materials (MGAM) 315.00p 12.30% Hochschild Mining (HOC) 122.20p 4.98% ICG Enterprise Trust (ICGT) 1,110.00p 4.32% Drax Group (DRX) 672.00p 3.31% QinetiQ Group (QQ.) 307.20p 2.20% Centrica (CNA) 74.14p 2.18% Pennon Group (PNN) 1,027.00p 1.78% Centamin (DI) (CEY) 101.75p 1.55% Playtech (PTEC) 600.50p 0.92% Hammerson (HMSO) 34.86p 0.69%

FTSE 250 - Fallers

Petropavlovsk (POG) 1.48p -17.78% TBC Bank Group (TBCG) 961.00p -13.89% Auction Technology Group (ATG) 811.00p -13.72% Ferrexpo (FXPO) 126.50p -11.97% Pagegroup (PAGE) 461.20p -10.53% Mitie Group (MTO) 48.00p -9.43% Provident Financial (PFG) 254.20p -8.95% Weir Group (WEIR) 1,447.00p -8.59% Watches of Switzerland Group (WOSG) 1,014.00p -8.48% Oxford Instruments (OXIG) 2,315.00p -8.13%

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