UK small caps and junior-listed AIM shares both close down 0.5 percent, slightly outperforming the bluechips.
Travel operator Travelzest tops the AIM leader boardwith an 85 percent rise in strong trading volume at nearly 14times its 90-day daily average. The company says that its creditfacility has been extended until early October.
AIM-listed mineral explorer Sunrise Resources rises12 percent, shaving its decline over the course of the year tounder 10 percent, as the company announces further positivediamond results.
Small-cap Salamander Energy falls 9.6 percent aftersaying it did not found any oil or gas at its Ayutthayaexploration well off the Gulf of Thailand and would resubmit itsenvironment impact assessment.
First Energy analyst Stephane Foucaud cuts his net assetvalue on the stock by 14 pence per share in response.
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