Property specialist Prime People saw its share price rise 17p to 119p on the day it announced a positive close period reading update. The shares remained at this level. Network Group saw its share price soar from 42.5p to 45p in the day after it announced positive first half results, but later fell back to 44.5p.

IT recruiter Harvey Nash’s shares rose marginally on the news that its pre-tax profit has increased 17% to £3.1m for the six months ended 31 July 2007. The shares rose to 72p from 71.5p where they remained. Servoca saw its share price rise from 46p to 47p on the day following its announcement that it has acquired Firstpoint Healthcare, and continued to rise to 48p. Hexagon’s shares increased from 168p to 172.5p as it gave a positive trading update, but later fell back to 170.5p.