MARKET REPORT: Chartered prepare for relocation as they slip into black
BUY support from Citigroup and JPMorgan Cazenove pushed Standard Chartered 69½p into the black at 1141p amid talk it could move its headquarters to Asia following the announcement of a rise in the UK bank levy.
Cruise operator Carnival was sunk 50p to 3151p by a Deutsche Bank downgrade.
Aerospace engineer Meggitt fell 10½p to 564p after broker Bernstein cut its rating to hold.
Positive trials boosted Silence Therapeutics 50½p to 288p.
Premaitha Health jumped 7½p to 25¾p as it created Britain's first centre of excellence for non-invasive prenatal screening with St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
DP Poland, which runs Domino's Pizza sites there, eased 1¼p to 22¾p on profit-taking despite serving annual sales of £3.96million, up 35 per cent.
Victoria Oil & Gas was fired up 1p to 64¼p by the first gas-generated power from its Bassa power station in Cameroon.
Spaceandpeople, which sells space in shopping centres, dropped 13½p to 53½p as pre-tax profit fell 61 per cent to £1million.
