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FTSE 250 movers: AJ Bell surges; Watches of Switzerland slides

(Sharecast News) - FTSE 250 (MCX) 20,636.12 -0.79%

AJ Bell surged to the top of the FTSE 250 as it hailed a "strong" interim performance, with pre-tax profit up 12% to £68.8m and revenue ahead 17%.

Watches of Switzerland fell in response to a threat from US President Donald Trump to hit the EU with 50 tariffs.

Harry Potter publisher Bloomsbury Publishing's woes continued with another fall after Thursday's 19.51% plunge as its reported a 22% fall in annual pre-tax profit to £32.5m.

Market Movers

FTSE 250 - Risers

AJ Bell (AJB) 484.40p 5.95% Hochschild Mining (HOC) 286.40p 5.53% Endeavour Mining (EDV) 2,264.00p 3.47% HICL Infrastructure (HICL) 113.60p 1.43% The Renewables Infrastructure Group Limited (TRIG) 78.00p 0.78% W.A.G Payment Solutions (WPS) 60.00p 0.67% Drax Group (DRX) 637.00p 0.63% Genus (GNS) 2,010.00p 0.60% AO World (AO.) 105.00p 0.57% NB Private Equity Partners Ltd. (NBPE) 1,450.00p 0.55%

FTSE 250 - Fallers

Watches of Switzerland Group (WOSG) 383.00p -6.22% Bloomsbury Publishing (BMY) 494.00p -5.73% Tate & Lyle (TATE) 542.00p -5.33% Johnson Matthey (JMAT) 1,729.00p -4.74% THG (THG) 23.48p -4.32% Trustpilot Group (TRST) 226.40p -4.31% SSP Group (SSPG) 167.00p -4.30% Auction Technology Group (ATG) 447.00p -4.28% RS Group (RS1) 544.50p -4.14% Ocado Group (OCDO) 257.50p -4.06%

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