UK's Galliford Try climbs on winning contracts worth $128 mln

Galliford Try Holdings

31/05/2024 08:23

** Shares of construction group Galliford Try Holdings
 GFRD.L  rise 2.7% to 266p
    ** Stock set to post best day in nearly a month if trend
holds
    ** Co says its building division signed two new contracts
worth 101 mln pounds ($128.3 mln)
    ** One contract is with the Home Office through the Ministry
of Justice framework, to complete a new 70 mln pound facility at
Campsfield
    ** Other contract is from the Defence Infrastructure
Organisation to undertake the 31 mln pound PRIDE II project at
RAF Wyton
    ** Including session's gains, stock up ~20%


($1 = 0.7870 pounds)

 (Reporting by Aby Jose Koilparambil in Bengaluru)
 ((abyjose.koilparambil@thomsonreuters.com))