MARKET REPORT:?Card Factory 減少（する）s 2.5% as sales slow?にもかかわらず the group 開始 46 new 蓄える／店s

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Card Factory flopped yesterday as sales at the 迎える／歓迎するing card specialist continue to slow.

Sales grew by 4.4 per cent in the nine months to October 31, the company said. It's almost half the 7.9 per cent growth 記録，記録的な／記録するd in the same period last year ? and that's にもかかわらず the group 開始 46 蓄える／店s.

Card Factory, which now has 860 蓄える／店s, said 普通の／平均（する） spend at its personalised gift website had 増加するd but that was 存在 相殺する by lower 訪問者 numbers.

In 蓄える／店s 週刊誌 sales patterns have 変化させるd but there has been an 改良 since the start of October.

逮捕する 負債 grew to £128.6million in the period, from £115.7million a year ago, which the group said 反映するd a build-up of 在庫／株 ready for Christmas 貿易（する）ing.

Slow 負かす／撃墜する: Card factory sales?grew by 4.4 per cent in the nine months to October 31 almost half the 7.9 per cent growth 記録，記録的な／記録するd in the same period last year

Liberum said the update was somewhat disappointing. The stockbroker wants to see more 進歩 before it 昇格s its '持つ／拘留する' 率ing on the 在庫／株. 株 slipped 2.5pc, or 6.5p, to 249.4p.

The FTSE 100 crept up 0.6pc, or 39.56 points, to 6792.74.

The greatest faller of the day was Anglo American which 急落（する），激減（する）d as it 明らかにする／漏らすd a 減少（する） in diamond sales. Its De Beers diamond 分割 sold around £380million of the precious 石／投石するs in its ninth sales cycle of the year, 負かす／撃墜する from £399million in the eighth cycle.

長，指導者 (n)役員／(a)執行力のある Bruce Cleaver said sales were in line with 推定する／予想するd seasonal 需要・要求する. 株 宙返り／暴落するd 6.7 per cent, or 78.5p, to 1096.5p.

大統領 Energy 急落するd as it 明らかにする／漏らすd a £16.1m fundraising.

The AIM-名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる）d oil and gas 会社／堅い is to 問題／発行する new 株 to 基金 work on 井戸／弁護士席s in Argentina to try and 増加する the group's 生産／産物.

STOCK WATCH - WATERMAN GROUP?

Waterman Group 前進するd yesterday as the consultancy 商売／仕事 明らかにする／漏らすd it had been 任命するd to the 省 of Defence's Army Basing Programme.

The 事業／計画（する） 目的（とする）s to 改善する the living and working 条件s and 質 of life for 兵士s.

By 2020 the programme, which has an 概算の cost of £680million, 目的（とする）s to 配達する 130 buildings with more than 2,600 付加 bed spaces for 選び出す／独身 軍隊／機動隊s.

Waterman will be 工学 designer for more than 50 per cent of the 開発.?

株 伸び（る）d 4.5 per cent, or 3.5p to 81.5p.

Half of the money will be used to 強化する the 会社／堅い's balance sheet. One oil 専門家 said the 取引，協定 'makes a lot of sense' and that it should 'keep the company in the game, for a while at least'.?

But, at 6p, the placing price is around 14.3 per cent lower than where 株 の近くにd on Monday. That sent 株 spiralling 14.3 per cent, or 1p, to 6p.

Carclo climbed as it 報告（する）／憶測d pre-税金 利益（をあげる） had risen 18 per cent year-on-year to £4.8million.?

The company, which makes plastic 構成要素s for 医療の 製品s, said its 利ざや had 増加するd and 歳入 was up 10.7 per cent to £63.3million.?

Carclo said all of its 分割s were 成し遂げるing 井戸／弁護士席 and had showed solid 進歩, it has 増加するd capacity in its technical plastic 分割 and said 利ざやs had 増加するd. Finncap raised its 率ing on the 在庫／株 to a 'buy'. 株 急に上がるd 8.4 per cent or 9.5p to 123p.

ソフトウェア developer WANdisco climbed on a 契約 勝利，勝つ.

It had 安全な・保証するd a を取り引きする online gaming 会社／堅い Playtika for its Fusion ソフトウェア, which 移転s data from computer games to the 'cloud' ? a 肉親，親類d of remote 貯蔵 system.

Playtika, whose games are 接近d through Google Play, Facebook and Apple's App 蓄える／店, has 6m daily 使用者s across 190 countries.?

WANdisco's 科学（工学）技術 means players' gaming 進歩 will be saved in the event that their game 衝突，墜落s.?

The value of t he 取引，協定 depends on how much data WANdisco 蓄える／店s. 株 殺到するd 3.4 per cent, or 4.5p, to 135p.

Engineer Costain 発表するd a £300million 契約 for the HS2 rail 事業／計画（する）. The 取引，協定, which covers 必須の 準備の work such as 交渉するing to agree demolition, is 価値（がある） up to £150million over two years. Work is to start すぐに.

長，指導者 (n)役員／(a)執行力のある Andrew Wyllie said the 契約 勝利，勝つ 論証するd the 'major 役割 Costain plays in 配達するing the UK's most 緊急の 組織／基盤／下部構造 needs'.

株 前進するd 3.9 per cent, or 13.5p, to 359.25p.

Lavendon leapt on a strong third ４半期/4分の1 貿易（する）ing update.

The 器具／備品 賃貸しの 会社／堅い said it was 確信して of 十分な-year results 存在 marginally ahead of 期待. 歳入s in the Middle East climbed 20 per cent and by 8 per centin the UK.?

A 再編成 of the German 商売／仕事 is 完全にする. Lavendon 利益d from 投資するing in its (n)艦隊／(a)素早い last year, which had 改善するd efficiency and availability of its 賃貸しの 器具／備品.?

The group said it was too 早期に to 査定する／（税金などを）課す the 関わりあい／含蓄s of Brexit but it believes it can manage any 不確定. 株 改善するd 6.9 per cent, or 9p, to 140p.

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