The FTSE Small Cap Index is flat, while the FTSE AIM All Share small caps equity index rises 0.2 percent, performing broadly in linewith a 0.1 percent rise on the FTSE 250 mid-cap index but outperforminga flat blue-chip FTSE 100 index.
Medical products group Tissue Regenix surges 15.1 percent to 25pence, lifted by an upbeat broker note from Panmure Gordon, which keeps a "buy"rating on Tissue Regenix but raises its price target on the stock to 22 pencefrom 18 pence.
Power generation company Rurelec rises 1.8 percent after the companystrikes some new deals in Peru.
Retail and women's clothing company Laura Ashley falls 2.8 percentafter it posts lower sales.
In light of the lower sales, brokerage Cantor Fitzgerald cuts its full-yearearnings-per-share (EPS) forecasts on Laura Ashley to 1.85 pence from 2.03pence.
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