FTSE 250 movers: Miners shine on surging gold price; Downgrade hits Tate & Lyle

(Sharecast News) - FTSE 250 (MCX) 21,598.10 0.04% Wizz Air flew lower after a cyber attack caused disruption at European airports including Heathrow over the weekend.

Tate & Lyle was knocked lower by a downgrade to 'underweight' from 'equalweight' at Morgan Stanley, which cut the price target to 500p from 590p.

Precious metals miners were in demand as gold and silver prices hit a record high. Shares in Hochschild Mining and Endeavour both surged in response.

Market Movers

FTSE 250 - Risers

Hochschild Mining (HOC) 341.00p 8.53% Oxford Biomedica (OXB) 622.00p 5.07% Endeavour Mining (EDV) 2,970.00p 5.02% QinetiQ Group (QQ.) 520.50p 2.97% Rank Group (RNK) 136.00p 2.72% Pets at Home Group (PETS) 198.00p 2.70% Anglo-Eastern Plantations (AEP) 1,340.00p 2.68% Harworth Group (HWG) 171.50p 2.08% IP Group (IPO) 54.50p 2.06% Oxford Nanopore Technologies (ONT) 161.30p 2.02%

FTSE 250 - Fallers

Tate & Lyle (TATE) 467.00p -6.56% W.A.G Payment Solutions (EWG) 97.80p -4.59% Partners Group Private Equity Limited. (EUR) (PEY) 10.15p -4.25% Wizz Air Holdings (WIZZ) 1,206.00p -2.82% Victrex plc (VCT) 704.00p -2.76% Spire Healthcare Group (SPI) 240.50p -2.63% TBC Bank Group (TBCG) 4,360.00p -2.46% Baltic Classifieds Group (BCG) 319.50p -2.29% Aston Martin Lagonda Global Holdings (AML) 78.85p -2.29% NCC Group (NCC) 142.40p -2.06%