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Your support makes all the difference.PSD, the recruitment services group, had a bright start to life on the stock market. Placed by Charterhouse Tilney at 220p, the shares sky-rocketed to close at 288.5p, valuing the company at about pounds 70m. Volume was a chunky 3.47 million shares, or 14 per cent of the issued equity.
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The shares rose 5p to 255p as house broker Beeson Gregory upgraded its recommendation to buy with earnings of 18.1p pencilled in for this year, implying a price/earnings ratio of 14. The broker feels significant recovery this year justifies a premium rating to the market.
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