The Japan earthquake: firms affected by the disaster

Catlin group

Share price since the earthquake 9 21pc

Insurancesector

Reason The likely impact of the Japanese earthquake at the top of the loss of 125 m $, the insurer is expected to be taken by the New Zealand earthquake last month made Catlin of the biggest fallers.

Burberry Group

Share price since the earthquake 9 2pc

Sector Luxury products

Reason The company was affected by concerns that demand for luxury products is likely to fall following the earthquake in the Japan.

Beazley

Share price since the earthquake 8 81pc

Sector Insurance

Reason Yet to make a statement on the impact of the disaster in Japanese, the price of the shares was overthrown by General fears of the market of the effect it will have on the earnings of the insurer.

AMEC

Share price since the earthquake 7 97pc

Sector Energy

Reason Explosions at a Japanese nuclear facility have led to fears that it may disrupt the plan of the United Kingdom for the construction of 11 new nuclear power plants, Amec project was supposed to advise on.

Chaucer

Share price since the earthquake 7 36pc

Sector Insurance

Reason Specialist insurance for nuclear power plants, the company does not provide commercial interruption coverage the Japan, but he said that it is too early to estimate losses.

InterContinental Hotels Group

Share price since the earthquake 7 34pc

Sector Hotels

Reason ANA Holiday Inn company, Sendai was closed to new reservations, while its nearest property of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power is always deemed to be safe. IHG said that he maintained a watch on the situation "close" to Fukushima.

BP

Share price since the earthquake 6 97pc

Sector Energy

Reason The earthquake led to a fall in the price of oil, which has added to the pressure on the prices of the shares of the company.

Aviva

Share price since the earthquake 6 77pc

Sector Insurance

Reason The price of the shares was struck by the fear of general market on the exposure of insurers tens of billions of pounds of claims should result in the earthquake.

GKN

Share price since the earthquake 5 62pc

Sector Industrial

Reason The car parts manufacturer and the aircraft has said that it will have to reduce production as some Japanese customers will be unable to take delivery of its products. GKN FP7 sales come from the Japan, and Mitsubishi and Nissan are among its biggest customers.

IMI

Share price since the earthquake 4 14pc

Sector Industrial

Reason As a provider of safety valves for the industry of energy, including nuclear power plants, the potential collapse of three of the nuclear facilities of the Japan has led to concerns the impact on the IMI market.

ARM Holdings

Share price since the earthquake 2 5pc

Sector Technology

Reason Japan represents about 20pc of overall semiconductor production and the concerns of the potential disruption of supplies and its impact on the income of royalty for the arms, which designs chips used in most of the smart phones of the worldhas led to a fall in its shares.

Berkeley resources

Share price since the earthquake 37 63pc

Sector Energy

Reason Shares of the minor of uranium have seen the most spectacular fall of any society, as the market weighed up to the likely impact of a comprehensive reassessment of the industry of nuclear energy following the nuclear disaster potential unfolding in three Japanese nuclear plants following the tsunami.

And the risers…

Aggreko

Share price since the earthquake 7 55pc

Sector Electricity production

Reason As one of the world's leading providers of mobile power generation, Aggreko should find strong demand for its services as Japanese authorities began to clarify the areas devastated by the tsunami.

BG Group

Share price since the earthquake 4 02pc

Sector Energy

Reason Days before the earthquake struck in the Japan, BG has signed an agreement with Tokyo to provide liquid natural gas for the next 20 years. With the nuclear crisis, the potential for alternative energy sources to the Japan is supposed to be growing.

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