STOCK WATCH

RTC Group plummeted on a profit warning, claiming that project delays were having an impact on trading.

The recruitment firm said the first half of the year had been in line with expectations but problems with infrastructure projects mean full-year results are now likely to be lower than market forecasts.

Broker WH Ireland cut its target price by 25pc to 75p.

Shares dropped 20.6pc, or 11p, to 42.5p. RTC chairman Bill Douie snapped up 25,000 of them, taking his holding to 15.9pc.