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Wednesday's most followed, including Royal Mail, Kolar Gold, Applied Graphene Materials, Rangers International and Rambler Metals

Last updated: 05:49 20 Nov 2013 EST, First published: 06:49 20 Nov 2013 EST

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UK interest rates and Royal Mail (LON:RGM) were the themes dominating interest among web browsers on Wednesday.

News concerning the now private postal service Royal Mail, whose listing attracted much fanfare, was one of the most popular stories on Google Finance.

There has been mush patter as to whether shares in the firm, whose roots can be traced 500 years, were sold off too cheap.

But in a twist today, heavyweight Swiss broker UBS reckons the stock is now too dear.

UBS’s ‘sell’ note comes on the day that advisers from the firm are due to appear before Members of Parliament (MPs) who are looking into whether the British tax-payer was rooked by the City in the privatisation.

Interest rates are back in focus as the BoE  signalled in November minutes that the rate is likely to remain at rock-bottom even after unemployment falls below the 7% threshold. This was the level previously trumpeted as the catalyst for a rate rise.

Of the regulatory statements, manufacturer Applied Graphene Materials (LON:AGM) was one of the most read statements. The firm made a premium debut on AIM today.

The spin-out from FTSE 250 IP Group was changing hands at 206p a share in early deals.

That's a 32.9% increase on the placing price, which saw the firm  raise £11mln via the issue of over 7mln shares at 155p each.

Speaking of share risers, hydrogen fuel cell specialist ITM Power (LON:ITM) rose over 10%  as it received its first order for an electrolyser plant from a UK government agency. 

ITM won the contract for the electrolyser reference plant, which is based on ITM Power's HPac platform, in a competitive tender.

Also gaining readers on Wednesday was India-focused gold explorer Kolar Gold (LON:KGLD), which also added over 6% to its share price.

The company expects the next 12 months to be "very busy" as it accelerates operations in India.

Reporting results for the year to end June, the mining firm pointed to its now closer cooperation with established Bangalore-based partner GMSI, with which it will explore and develop 49 projects - having now taken a 30% equity stake.

In focus was football club Rangers(LON:RFC), which has hired Graham Wallace, 52,  as its new chief executive.

It follows the departure of chief executive Craig Mather last month, who walked out just weeks after his family set up shop in Glasgow.

Wallace was chief financial officer and then chief operating officer at Manchester City, between 2009 and 2013, just after the club was bought by Abu Dhabi investors.

Also piquing interest was the first quarter results from Rambler Metals & Mining (LON:RMM, CVE:RAB).

The copper and gold producer is well placed to hit its full-year targets after racking up record production of copper concentrate in the three months to the end of October, churning out 6,591 tonnes of copper concentrate, up 26% year-on-year (YOY).

Head grades and recoveries for copper and silver remained above the company’s planned targets, the firm also revealed.

The copper head grade was 3.71%, down from 4.05% in the preceding quarter but up on the two quarters before that.

In terms of volumes, ECR Minerals (LON:ECR) was the most active stock, with over 207 million shares changing hands. The stock was up 17.50%.

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