LONDON AIM WINNERS & LOSERS: CPPGroup Earnings To Beat Forecasts Mon, 18th Jan 2021 10:41 (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers on AIM on Monday. AIM WINNERS CPPGroup, up 46% at 478.00 pence. The insurance and financial services company said earnings for 2020 are expected to surpass market consensus, with the firm expecting 2020 earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, and amortization of between GBP7.1 million to GBP7.3 million, ahead of market forecasts of GBP6.4 million. Faron Pharmaceuticals, up 22% at 337.56 pence. The biopharmaceutical said the US Department of Defense has chosen the HIBISCUS Study to receive USD6.1 million of funding from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief & Economic Security Act. The phase II/III HIBISCUS trial will assess Traumakine, Faron's IV IFN beta-1a, for the treatment of hospitalised Covid-19 patients in the US.