Guidance boost lifts Howden Joinery

The price of shares in FTSE 250 outfit Howden Joinery (LON:HWDN) rose by 6.66% to 685p (as of 13:55 GMT) after it posted an 18.8% increase in November revenues. Full-year margin guidance remains unchanged, but the recent trading improvement means that the company believes full-year profits will be around 10% higher than the top end analyst forecasts.