STOCK WATCH

ACQUISITIVE Keywords Studios got the chequebook out again as it bought Australian outfit Mighty Games for £6m.

Keywords, which provides services to the global video games industry, said the company would help its games testing ability.

In an accompanying trading update, Keywords revealed that it performed strongly in the first half of the year, with revenues up by around 22pc on a year earlier.

Shares advanced 10.1pc, or 248p, to 2700p.