FTSE 2009: The winners & losers
Markets enjoyed a spectacular bounce back in 2009, we round up the best and worst performing shares of the past 12 months
Big bounce: But who were the winners on the London Stock Exchange
While the embattled banking sector staged a comeback in 2009, it has been the miners leading the way on the FTSE 100 over the past 12 months.
After closing 2007, at 6,456.91, in 2008, the Footsie started on a steep downward trajectory during 2008, eventually finishing the year a massive 31% down, at 4434.17 - its worst 12-month period since the index was established back in 1984.
If 2008 was about taking a beating, 2009 was most definitely about the recovery.
Over the past 12 months, equities have shown a remarkable comeback, with the blue-chip index of the UK's top 100 firms now up by more than 22%.
And since it bottomed-out in March at 3,512 – the blue-chip leader board is ahead by more than 50%.
Miners
Commodities and resources stocks had led the way in the first half of 2008 but then its rally became seriously undone as the price of base metals and indeed oil fell off a cliff.
Since then however, the mining sector has staged a remarkable comeback, albeit from a very low base as orders heated up and repair ensued.
Gold, for example, hit a number of new highs in 2009, after starting the year at some $869 per ounce, it hit a peak in December at $1,217 an ounce. Presently bullion stands at around $1,142, which still represents a rise of more than 31%.
At the time of writing, topping the FTSE 100 is miner Fresnillo, up an astounding 571%, at 825.5p, over the past 12 months, while Kazakhmys is 493% better at 1,276p and Vedanta Resources has surged by 358% to 2,399p.
Rio Tinto pushed up 264% to 3,156.5p, Eurasian Natural Resources is 252% stronger at 894.5p and platinum specialist Lonmin cheered 245% to 1818p while Xstrata hit 1,064p with a 227% 12 month drive. Oil and gas facilities services provider Petrofac is another top riser, after firming 237% to 975.5p.
Banks
A number of the UK's biggest High Street brands managed to recoup some losses during the market recovery in 2009, with Barclays being the standout, after rising 115% to 297.1p.
HSBC, never as badly hurt during the crisis and like Barclays did not accept government help, firmed 15% to 714.3p while Asian focused Standard Chartered, managed to regain some ground, after pushing ahead 94% to 1,493.5p.
But Royal Bank of Scotland, which in February posted losses of £24bn for 2008 - the worst results in British corporate history finished the year in the doldrums of the blue-chip index after losing 47% to 33.09p.
Right behind it is Lloyds Banking Group, which has just engaged in the UK's biggest ever cash-call, at £13.5bn, is down 27% over 12 months to 54.2p. Both banks were revealed to have been secretly bolstered with more than £61bn of government cash at the height of the crisis in October 2008.
The retailers
The financial crisis hit retailers' pockets hard, as the recession bit on consumers but Marks & Spencer, with its 1p Bazzar sales and corporate coup of poaching Marc Bolland away from Morrisons, closes 2009, up a robust 88% at 400.8p.
Morrisons, for its part is 15% dearer at 280.7p. The Tesco engine however, roared on in 2009, with its stock 34% higher at 343.95p while Sainsbury pushed 14% better to 324.6p.
B&Q owner Kingfisher soared 99% to 236.9p despite after revealing that like-for-like sales were up 5.7% in the 13 weeks to 31 October while rival and Homebase owner, Home Retail Group, rose 47% to 310.3p.
Property and building
As commercial and residential property staged their own mini-recovery in 2009, a number of groups have enjoyed strong gains. Hammerson is 30% ahead at 405.9p, FTSE 250 listed Taylor Wimpey is up 385% at 36.46%, Bellway is 45% better at 754p and Bovis is 16% stronger at 396.8p. However, the FTSE 100 listed, Land Securities has lost 17% to 679.5p while Segro was another of the big faller on the Footsie over the year, and is down 19% to 332.8p.
The fallers
Alongside Lloyds and RBS, insurer Standard Life was another Footsie loser in 2009, after loosening 19% to 211.1p while RSA Insurance Group, plummeted by 18% to 117.5p. United Utilities, a traditional defensive firm, was also left in the shadow of 2009's rally after shedding 13% to 500.5p. Packaging firm Rexam lost 3% to 289p as volumes remained under pressure in 2009 while publisher, Reed Elsevier dropped 3% to 472.3p, after chief executive Ian Smith left the company less than a year into the top job.
FTSE 250
Mirroring the resources success within the top-flight, metals group Ferrexpo, takes the best one-year run after rocketing by an astounding 596% to 194.9p, over the past 12 months. Building supplies firm Galiform jumped 452% to 82.85p - after it reported a 'satisfactory performance' and said sales at its Howden Joinery UK depots were over 3% higher than in 2008.
Microchip designer Imagination Technologies leapt 452% to 218p after brokers gave the group the thumbs-up. Panmure Gordon in November upped its price target on the stock by 50p to 250p as it believes Imagination stands a good chance of selling its graphics chips into phones powered by Google's Android operating system, which would significantly boost its profits. Currys and PC World owner DSG International made a positive impression on the City as it stemmed losses and overhauled stores in 2009, over the 12 months it is up by 400% to 36.72p.
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