UK small caps close down 0.1 percent, while junior-listed AIM shares gain 0.2 percent, both outperforming the mid-caps.
Strategic Natural Resources falls 23 percent after saying that atemporary slowdown of mining operations may be needed while funding remainstight, and that discussions to ease the company's tight capital situation mayresult in a dilution of the company's equity.
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