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But Babcock International fell 10.5p to 963p despite saying its full year performance was in line with expectations.
The company said market conditions were challenging but it was confident of a strong full year performance.
The company said it was confident in its full year performance and expected progress in 2014 and beyond.
National Grid added 5.5p to 645.5p after the company said cheaper financing costs would boost its full year performance.
Third quarter revenue was around 10% lower than in the first quarter, so its full year performance would be "materially below the board's previous expectations".
Elsewhere Balfour Beatty lost 9p to 302p despite the infrastructure group saying its full year performance would be in line with expectations.
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The unscheduled statement was released during Australian trading hours ahead of a formal statement on 30 October about its full-year performance.
The company did not, however, issue a profits warning – which some analysts had predicted – saying it expects full-year performance to stay in line with forecasts.
The group, which made a £16m loss in the first half of the year, recently warned that its full-year performance would be worse than expected.
The company said it remained confident about its full-year performance, confirming "moderate" growth in total revenues and an increase in group profit with "slightly lower" operating profit.
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