UK small caps and junior-listed AIM shares rise 0.1 percenteach, underperforming the mid-caps and the blue chips, whichrise 0.9 percent and 1.0 percent, respectively. .
Headlam, the European floorcoverings distributor, sheds 6.1percent, top faller among the FTSE small caps, after warning on first half andyear profit, blaming poor trading in its first quarter.
Solo Oil rallies 22 percent after the oil explorer says the awardof the appraisal licence in Tanzania represents a significant step in thecommercialisation of gas in the onshore Ruvuma psa.
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