The FTSE Small Cap index and junior-listed AIM shares fall0.4 percent and 0.3 percent respectively, while both the mid-caps andthe blue chips are down 0.4 percent.
British newspaper publisher Trinity Mirror gains 5.7 percent afterthe company says its 2013 adjusted profit will beat market forecasts followingbetter-than-expected trade in November and December, but adds it would also takesome hefty impairment charges.
Industrial textiles and fibres maker Low and Bonar falls 1.7 percentafter its chief executive Steve Good announces his retirement.
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