Persimmon PLC PSN shares advanced 1.82% to £12.01 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around favorable trading session for the stock market, with the FTSE 100 Index UKX rising 1.35% to 8,505.22. Supported by world-class markets data from Dow Jones and FactSet,

British housebuilder Persimmon forecast its 2024 underlying pre-tax profit to be around the upper end of market view on Tuesday, and said it was keeping a watch on the evolving macroeconomic and geopolitical uncertainties.

The Charles Church group saw shares lift 5% in Tuesday morning trading after it said private market house prices had improved over the year

Persimmon PLC PSN shares rose 1.42% to £11.80 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around favorable trading session for the stock market, with the FTSE 100 Index UKX rising 1.09% to 8,391.90. Supported by world-class markets data from Dow Jones and FactSet,

Persimmon: Shares in the FTSE 100 builder rose about 4.5% to 1,104 pence in early trade, lifting the broader housing index , with most of its blue-chip peers gaining around 3%.

The house builder said its 2024 private sales rate was ahead of last year’s and that underlying pretax profit will be at the higher end of expectations.