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FTSE 250 movers: SSP soars, Trustpilot tanks

(Sharecast News) - FTSE 250 (MCX) 22,041.97 0.18% Upper Crust owner SSP surged after saying it was confident it could deliver towards the upper end of earnings per share expectations. The company also said it was initiating a wide-ranging review of its Continental European Rail business.

Media group Future shot up as it reported a drop in full-year revenue and profit but announced a five-fold increase to the dividend to 17p a share and a new £30m share buyback programme.

Bodycote was boosted by an upgrade to 'overweight' from 'equalweight' at Barclays, which lifted the price target to 765p from 635p.

On the downside, Trustpilot tanked after short seller Grizzly Research disclosed a short position in the shares and said it had uncovered "mafia-style" extortion campaigns against non-paying businesses.

Baltic Classifieds tumbled after saying in its half-year results that with lower revenue growth and continued investment into its product, some EBITDA margin compression was inevitable. JPMorgan said that statement was likely to "drive continued negative sentiment in the classifieds sub-sector".

AJ Bell fell even as the investment platform announced a share buyback of up to £50m as it hailed a record full-year performance, with "excellent" growth in customer numbers.

FTSE 250 - Risers

SSP Group (SSPG) 167.30p 12.96% Future (FUTR) 636.00p 6.09% Bodycote (BOY) 671.00p 4.44% Oxford Instruments (OXIG) 2,120.00p 3.92% Softcat (SCT) 1,492.00p 3.61% RS Group (RS1) 620.50p 3.24% Ocado Group (OCDO) 177.85p 3.22% Genuit Group (GEN) 334.00p 2.93% B&M European Value Retail S.A. (DI) (BME) 167.25p 2.54% Johnson Service Group (JSG) 139.20p 2.50%

FTSE 250 - Fallers

Trustpilot Group (TRST) 144.70p -23.72% Baltic Classifieds Group (BCG) 188.60p -14.08% AJ Bell (AJB) 490.60p -6.46% Ceres Power Holdings (CWR) 336.00p -4.27% CMC Markets (CMCX) 279.50p -3.95% Energean (ENOG) 892.50p -3.83% Mitchells & Butlers (MAB) 262.00p -3.68% Telecom Plus (TEP) 1,402.00p -3.44% International Workplace Group (IWG) 224.40p -2.77% Ninety One (N91) 208.60p -2.71%

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