The junior-listed FTSE AIM share index closes flat,lagging the small caps, up 0.6 percent, the mid-caps, up1.1 percent and the blue chips, up 0.8 percent.
Operations management software company EG Solutions falls 14.4 percent after saying that John O'Connell has decidedto resign as a director of the firm with immediate effect,prompting Panmure Gordon to downgrade it to "hold" from "buy".
Oil producer Exillon Energy drops 4.8 percentafter reports saying that Singaporean state investment companyGIC has sold nearly half its stake in the company.
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