The UK small caps index is 0.2 percent lower in early deals, faringbetter than the FTSE 100 and FTSE 250, which both fall 0.4percent.
Marshalls sheds 0.4 perent after selling it quarries and associatedaggregates business for a consideration of up to 19 million pounds ($29.25million) to Breedon Aggregates, which rises 3.3 percent.
Vialogy rallies nearly 20 percent after Chevron has expands thePasadena-based energy technology company's work in the US Delaware Basin,tasking the firm to precisely map subsurface reservoirs for horizontal drillingthat are well below the resolution of 3D seismic.
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