Six Continents up 31p to 734.5p. Annual Profits beat expectations.

GUS up 25p to 668p. Retailers expecting good Christmas sales.

Pearson up 25.5p to 890.5p. Broker upgrade.

Securicor up 4p to 107p. Impressive set of results.

Stagecoach up 9p to 75p. To restructure US operations.

FALLERS

Logica down 22p to 865p. Profit taking.

BSkyB down 43p to 893p. Removed from Goldman Sachs Recommended List.

KS Biomedix down 51.5p to 110p. Osteoarthritis drug fails trials.

Courts down 8p to 217.5p. Profits hit by tough trading.

Reckitt Benckiser down 10p to 930p. Broker downgrade.