10.12.09

Shares: the winners since April

 of  Companies

Barclays

Vedanta Resources

Rentokil Initial

Nick Raynor, investment adviser at The Share Centre, reviews the index’s
performance, highlighting this year’s biggest winners and losers and
identifies a company with future potential.

BIGGEST WINNERS:

Vedanta up 194pc

Vedanta Resources is a metals and mining group with annual sales of $1.9bn.
The company primarily produces aluminum, copper, zinc and lead. Since its
low of 743p back in March, Vedanta’s share price has increased nearly
three-fold to 2191p. The company’s performance has been boosted by the weak
dollar, coupled with the resurgence in minerals and commodity prices, which
has lifted the whole sector.

Barclays up 138pc

Barclays’ share price has rocketed over the last six months currently trading
at 376p, not far off the price levels it was trading before the collapse of
Lehman Brothers. The bank chose financial independence over government
support and as a stand-alone bank has outperformed its …

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