The FTSE small cap index closes 0.1 percent higher, whilejunior-listed AIM shares end 0.1 percent lower, against the mid-caps and the blue chips, up 1 percent and 1.3 percent respectively.
Bumi gains 9.8 percent after one of its founders, Nat Rothschild,backed the proposed separation of the company on Friday afternoon, a processthat is seen by the management as crucial to the the miner's overhaul.
Greka Drilling closes 3.9 percent higher, having surged by as muchas a third after announcing a contract worth $65 million with Essar Oil to drill 100 wells for the Indian-listed company.
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