UK small caps are flat, outperforming the widermarket, with junior-listed AIM shares and blue chips down 0.2 percent, while mid-caps drop 0.3 percent.
Aquarius Platinum sheds 2.6 percent after thecompany announces a fatal incident at the Kroondal mine in SouthAfrica.
Zytronic, which develops and manufactures touchsensor products, jumps 11 percent after saying it expectsresults for the year to come in ahead of expectations.
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