Homebuilders up in London
by Elaine Frei
The London equities markets had another slow day, with only 2.3 billion shares traded. Still, both the FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 saw gains on the day. The 100 added 0.5 percent to 5,897.9, while the 250 was 0.6 percent higher to 9,359.6.
In the pharmaceuticals sector, Shire was 0.7 percent higher to 888p on the news that it has reached a settlement with Barr Laboratories that will keep Barr from marketing a generic version of Shire’s attention deficit disorder drug Adderrall until 2009. Adderrall accounts for about 50 percent of Shire’s sales.
Homebuilders were also up on the session as rumors of consolidation within the sector circulated. Bellway gained 1.8 percent to £11.95, while Barratt Developments added 2.3 percent to 951½p and Bovis Homes was 2.4 percent higher to 811p.
In the telecommunications sector, Carphone Warehouse advanced by 3 percent to 263¾p amid rumors that a private equity company had offered 330p per share for the company.
Man Group was 2.2 percent higher to 415p, while Amvescap added 2.3 percent to 517½p as fund managers benefited from the notion that weaker than expected data out of the United States would make it more likely that the Federal Reserve will keep interest rates at their current level rather than increasing them at its next meeting.
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