Smaller companies 報告（する）／憶測: Tuesday の近くに

By This Is Money
Updated: 17:26 BST, 10 May 2005

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SMALL caps の近くにd at 開会／開廷／会期 lows today, mirroring 落ちるs by the broader market and 重さを計るd 負かす／撃墜する by disappointing results from Chrysalis and Jessops .

The FTSE Small Cap 索引 の近くにd 13.6 points l ower at 2,781.3, while the FTSE 100 索引 was 17.9 points lower at 4,892.4.

株 in Jessops の近くにd lower after 地位，任命するing an 18% 拒絶する／低下する in underlying first-half 利益（をあげる）. The photographic retailer was 攻撃する，衝突する by a 減産／沈滞 in 消費者 spending said sales had 選ぶd up わずかに in 最近の weeks.

But that failed to assuage 関心s の中で Seymour Pierce 分析家s who 削減（する） their 率ing on the 株 to 'underperform' from '持つ／拘留する', arguing that first-half sales 拒絶する／低下するd far more はっきりと than the market had been 推定する／予想するing.

株 in Chrysalis were also under 圧力, の近くにing 4p lower at 140p. Britain's fourth largest 無線で通信する 駅／配置する owner said that half pre-税金 利益（をあげる） dipped はっきりと as sales fell on the 支援する of lower-than-推定する／予想するd audience 人物／姿／数字s in the 無線で通信する 分割, and difficult first half 貿易（する）ing 条件s at its 調書をとる／予約するs 部隊.

In 返答, Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein said it is now 削除するing pre-税金 利益（をあげる）s 予測（する）s by 21%, and for 収入s by 14.5%, for 2005.

BTG also 苦しむd, の近くにing 負かす／撃墜する 15&frac34p; to 119?p, after 警告 that that its 十分な year pre-税金 loss is 推定する／予想するd to be about £35m, はっきりと wider from a previous 見積（る） of a loss of £26m.

In a 貿易（する）ing 声明, the IP and 科学（工学）技術 commercialisation group said that に引き続いて the reassessment of its 未来 所有物／資産／財産 needs and 賃貸し（する） 義務s, it has 増加するd its exceptional 準備／条項s for the UK and US offices by about £5m to about £7m.

どこかよそで, 沖合いの／海外の 炭化水素 Mapping 退却／保養地d 13%, or 29p to 186?p, as the electromagnetic remote sensing company 急落（する），激減（する）d into the red at the half-way 示す. It is '確信して of a swift return to good levels of profitability', however.

The company incurred first half pre-税金 losses of £1.69m, compared with a 利益（をあげる） of £194,000 以前. Sales in the period fell to £1.5m from £2.3m.

Again on the downside, worries about its 財政上の position and 現在の 貿易（する）ing continued to take their tol l on Homestyle Group, whose 株 dropped 4?p more to 61?p.

TV 商業 Holdings also attracted modest support, 追加するing 0.5p to 4?p, after 発表するing that it has entered into a 共同の 投機・賭ける with Requestec, the 数字表示式の messaging ソフトウェア group, under which 3 動きやすい phone 使用者s will be able to 見解（をとる） Your 運命 TV live on their phones.

買い手s also （機の）カム for NBT Group, 12p better at 132?p, as the provider of domain 指名する 管理／経営 services said it is likely to produce better than 推定する／予想するd results in the second half. It 追加するd it is comfortable with 存在するing market 予測（する）s for its year to June, 2006.

In a 貿易（する）ing 声明, the company said it 推定する／予想するs second half pre-税金 利益（をあげる） before 好意／親善 to be ahead of the first half, and therefore ahead of 現在の market 期待s.