UK small caps and junior-listed AIM shares rise 0.1 percent,in line with the blue chips and ahead of the mid-caps, whichfall 0.2 percent.
Phoenix IT falls 10.5 percent after receiving notification from oneof its suppliers of termination of its supply contract to Phoenix.
The company estimates that it could hit this years EBITDA earnings by around2 million pounds.
Phoenix IT is the top FTSE Small Cap faller, and has traded 2.6 times its90-day average volume in the first hour and a half of trade.
Kolar Gold rises 26.6 percent, the top FTSE Aim All Share gainer,after Geomysore Services India (GMSI), which Kolar has a 30 percent stake in,sees its Jonnagiri mining lease granted by the state government of AndhraPradesh in India.
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