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BUZZ-Victrex Plc: rise in full-year sales volumes lift shares

** Specialty plastics maker Victrex Plc (LSE: VCT.L - news) 's shares up 4 pct after company reports a 22 pct rise in full-year sales volumes and maintains profit forecast.

** Stock recovers from 2-1/2 month low & is among top pct gainers on FTSE-250 Midcap Index on Thursday morning.

** Company reported FY sales volume of 3,551 tonnes compared with 2,920 tonnes a year earlier, helped by strong performance in H2.

** The company, whose polymers are used in smartphones, aeroplanes and cars to oil & gas equipment and medical devices, says it saw higher-than-expected volumes in H2 of the year in consumer electronics.

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** J.P. Morgan Cazanove analysts raise their full-year pretax profit estimate but maintains "neutral" rating one stock.

** Victrex, which generates most of its revenue outside the UK, warned that "currency headwinds remain considerable in 2015".

** Of the 15 analysts covering the stock, two have a "strong buy" rating, 5 have a "buy", 6 a "hold" and 2 a "sell" rating on the stock, with a mean price target of 1873 pence per share. (Reuters Messaging: roshni.menon.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)