LONDON (ShareCast) - India-focused companies JPMorgan Indian Investment Trust and Essar Energy edged higher as the country’s government approved the a doubling of natural gas prices.

Thomas Cook Group rallied after Fitch Ratings upgraded the travel company’s long-term foreign currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) to 'B' from 'B-' and senior unsecured rating to 'B+'/RR3 from 'B-'/RR4.

African Barrick Gold, on the other hand, slumped as the price of gold fell 1.18% to $1,197.30 per ounce.

Online sports broadcaster, Perform Group, continued to fall after saying on Thursday that a changing revenue mix will “modestly” restrain profit growth.

FTSE 250 - Risers
JPMorgan Indian Inv Trust (JII) 354.50p +4.33%
Essar Energy (ESSR) 126.50p +2.60%
Thomas Cook Group (TCG) 127.20p +2.50%
Wetherspoon (J.D.) (JDW) 666.00p +2.46%
NMC Health (NMC) 276.50p +2.41%
Betfair Group (BET) 859.00p +1.90%
Hays (HAS) 89.65p +1.82%
Brewin Dolphin Holdings (BRW) 229.00p +1.78%
Great Portland Estates (GPOR) 523.50p +1.65%
SEGRO (SGRO) 278.90p +1.64%

FTSE 250 - Fallers
African Barrick Gold (ABG) 96.90p -6.83%
Perform Group (PER) 505.00p -6.48%
888 Holdings (888) 147.60p -5.51%
Salamander Energy (SMDR) 143.00p -4.67%
Ocado Group (OCDO) 290.70p -4.53%
Kazakhmys (KAZ) 253.00p -4.53%
Computacenter (CCC) 450.00p -3.76%
Fenner (FENR) 306.30p -3.25%
Imagination Technologies Group (IMG) 284.00p -3.24%
Dixons Retail (DXNS) 40.92p -3.22%

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