The FTSE Small Cap index closes up 0.2 percent, outperforming theFTSE 100 and the FTSE 250, down 0.2 percent and 0.4 percentrespectively.
BATM Advanced Communications rises 6.7 percent on the back of fullyear results after announcing a return to profitability and that the are ontrack for delivering significant profit growth in 2013 based on the strength ofthe Telecom and Medical divisions.
HiWave Technologies, whose subsidiaries develop and produceelectronic components and devices that utilise innovative sound and touchtechnologies, tumbles 70 percent after saying there is a significant risk that,if HiWave achieves a disposal of all or parts of its business, little or novalue may be attributable to the ordinary shares.
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