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...Roofing installer SIG rose 10.9 per cent to 101½p after it said year-end earnings would be at the upper end of expectations....
...Solar Integrated Technologies gained 12.1 per cent to 97p as the photovoltaic roofing group won a $70m contract in Italy, its largest to date, and announced a £14m fund raising....
...Building insulation and roofing group SIG slumped 7.2 per cent to 710p as Ireland’s Kingspan cautioned on the outlook for the building materials market....
...The overseas move on the building materials sector began in 1997 when Redland, the roofing tile specialist, was bought by Lafarge of France for £1.8bn....
...The best performer among the latest recruits was Solar Integrated Technologies, which was boosted in January by a contract to supply its solar power roofing to Tesco in California....
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