Beyond the Footsie: Friday の近くに

By This Is Money
Updated: 00:00 BST, 20 February 2004

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UK SMALL caps の近くにd higher, 同様に-received 法人組織の／企業の news and fundraising activities 相殺する 利益（をあげる） 警告s from Reed Health and Carlco, 売買業者s said. At the の近くに the FTSE Small-cap 索引 was up 5.9 points at 2,686.8, while the FTSE-100 ended the day 0.6 points low er at 4,515.0.

医療の Marketing International 株 の近くにd up 16p at 62p, ブイ，浮標d by news that the US 特許 Office has 認めるd it the 特許 for its ruthenium anti-癌 therapy, 存在 developed by MMI's wholly owned 癌 therapy 子会社 Oncosense. MMI received European 特許 office 是認 last October.

QuikTrak 網状組織s also counted の中で the day's strong performers, の近くにing 4p higher at 23 1/2p on news that it has been 選ぶd as a 網状組織 科学（工学）技術 partner by 依存 Monitory Services, for 監視するing high value 資産s, goods movement and people.

Reed Health Group 株 did their best to put a dampener on 感情. The 株 ended 負かす／撃墜する 14p at 77 1/2p after the group 警告するd that its 十分な-year 業績／成果 will be '意味ありげに below 期待s'.

Difficult markets and the costs of its 支店-開始 programme were 特記する／引用するd for the group's poor 業績／成果.

First-half 収入s before 利益／興味, 税金, 価値低下, amortisation and operating exceptional items are 推定する／予想するd to be £2.9m, はっきりと lower than last year's £4.8m. Nestor Healthcare fell 10 1/2p to 217p in sympathy.

A 利益（をあげる） 警告 also 重さを計るd on Carclo 株, ending the 開会／開廷／会期 負かす／撃墜する 4p at 43 1/2p. The company 警告するd underlying operating 利益（をあげる） in the second half of the year will be modestly below 現在の 期待s.

The 回復 experienced in November and December last year in UK technical plastics was not 持続するd, the group said. And, in reaction to weak 需要・要求する, the company 発表するd it would の近くに three of its 場所／位置s and lay-off about 140 従業員s ーするために 減ずる its UK 製造業の capacity.

The group 推定する／予想するs the move will 背負い込む an exceptional 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金 of about £3.5m, most of which will be in the 現在の 財政上の year.

支援する on the 加える 味方する, Fortune Oil 追加するd a penny to 9p after 投資家s Chronicle (集積回路) advised readers to 'buy'. Others to 利益 from 集積回路's tips were 企業, 5p higher at 326 1/2p, and Ultimate L eisure, 4p higher at 338p.

一方／合間, 借り切る／憲章 株 伸び（る）d 29p to の近くに at 181 1/2p, as the group 明かすd 十分な-year results which showed a rise in operating 利益（をあげる） to £28.1m from £9.5m.

However, exceptional 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金s took their （死傷者）数 and 税込みの 利益（をあげる）s fell to £3.8m from £12m a year earlier.

The company also said it 計画（する）s to raise £48m 経由で a 深く，強烈に 割引d 権利s 問題／発行する on the basis of three new 株 for every five 株 held at 85p each.

Fundraising moves were also 井戸／弁護士席 received by BNB 資源s, 5p firmer at 19 3/4p. The group 計画（する）s to buy the Apollo Group for an 初期の £4.5m and will raise £8.0m 経由で a placing and open 申し込む／申し出, on a 1 for 1.213 basis, of £64m new ordinary 株 at 12.5p each.

The group also said 貿易（する）ing in the year to December 2003 showed a 重要な 改良 at the pre-exceptional 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金s level on 2002. 早期に 指示，表示する物s of 貿易（する）ing in 2004 供給する その上の 信用／信任 for the year as a whole, it said.