The FTSE Small Cap index sheds 0.7 percent,outperforming bigger losses on the wider market, with the FTSE100 and FTSE 250 indexes suffering respectivefalls of 1.5 percent and 1.6 percent.
RM says it has swung to a full-year pretax profit,with shares in the educational services provider jumping nearly13 percent.
Veterinary medicines supplier Animalcare edges 0.7percent higher after it unveils a 13 percent year-on-year risein revenue for the six months to Dec. 2012, and says full-yearresults are still expected to be in line with expectations.
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