Beyond the Footsie: Thursday の近くに

By This Is Money
Updated: 00:00 BST, 19 February 2004

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A SURGE in Matisse Holdings, fuelled by fresh 引き継ぎ／買収 憶測, coupled with a 決起大会／結集させる by Petrel 資源s on hopes of a 契約 勝利，勝つ in Iraq propelled the FTSE SmallCap 索引 14.5 points higher at 2,680.9 - its highest の近くに since December 2001.

執拗な 憶測 about the 未来 of Matisse took centre 行う／開催する／段階, after the Daily Mail 報告（する）／憶測d the company, 以前は known as Prestige Publishing, is planning a 逆転する 引き継ぎ／買収.

A company 広報担当者 確認するd it is looking at a number of 的s, but 拒絶する／低下するd to give その上の 詳細（に述べる）s. In the 合間, the Matisse board is recommending 株主s 拒絶する a 引き継ぎ／買収 申し込む／申し出 from Chiddingfold 投資s, which is 推定する／予想するd next week. Matisse 株 rose 6p before 存在 一時停止するd at 10 1/2p.

どこかよそで, Petrel 資源s and Antonov continued to 獲得する support from hopes of lucrative 契約 勝利，勝つs.

Petrel 発表するd it is planning to 服従させる／提出する tenders to develop three oil fields in Iraq. 株 in the oil and gas explorer jumped 10 1/2p or 51.22% to 31 on the news.

類似して, Antonov 伸び（る）d 6p to 35p まっただ中に 新たにするd talk of a big 契約 勝利，勝つ.

仲買人s 推測するd that the company may have lined up a を取り引きする a Japanese carmaker. The gearbox 科学（工学）技術 company recently 開始する，打ち上げるd its 最新の design of an (a)自動的な／(n)自動拳銃 six-速度(を上げる） 伝達／伝染 in Germany.

Profile 治療力のあるs, up 3 1/2p at 44p, was ブイ，浮標d by rising hopes its 麻薬 Promixin will soon receive regulatory 是認 from eight European countries.

On the downside, GeneMedix 低迷d after it quashed 憶測 of an 切迫した 引き継ぎ／買収 企て，努力，提案.

Earlier this week, the London and Singapore-名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる）d company said it was 交渉するing a 重要な 処理／取引 with an international 製薬の 製品s company that could lead to a 合併. Today, GeneMedix 強調する／ストレスd the 可能性のある 取引，協定 is at an 早期に 行う／開催する／段階 of 交渉. The 株 fell 7 1/2p to 13 3/4p.

A 利益（をあげる） 警告 sent 株 in the UK bus 建設業者 Mayflower 負かす／撃墜する 5p or 20% to 20p. The company 非難するd problems at its Transbus 部隊.

AIM-名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる）d ソフトウェア group Clarity 商業 解答s, which specialises in the leisure, entertainment and 小売 markets 警告するd that although group 利益（をあげる）s will be s ignificantly higher than last year they will be below market 期待s for the year to end-March 2004. The 株 sank 14p to 53 1/2p.

And 物陰／風下d 部隊d received a late 取り組む on news Andreas Dracopoulos, the Greek shipping 有力者／大事業家, has sold a その上の 3m 株 in the 病んでいる 首相の職 football club. The 在庫／株 の近くにd 0.38p lower at 2.87p.