Beyond the Footsie: Tues の近くに

By This Is Money
Updated: 00:00 BST, 3 September 2002

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SHARES in smaller companies の近くにd はっきりと lower today on the 支援する of 女性-than-推定する／予想するd US 経済的な data and 関心s over a 可能性のある 衝突 in the Middle East. At the の近くに, the FTSE Small Cap was 28.70 points lower at 1,999.10, just above its worst level of the day of 1,998.6, having op ened at 2,023.80.

Weston 医療の was the day's worst small caps performer, 急落（する），激減（する）ing 43 1/2p at 6 1/2p, an 87% 落ちる. It 警告するd that the 開始する，打ち上げる of the Intraject 使い捨てできる needle-解放する／自由な injector would be 延期するd until 中央の-2005 for design modifications.

Brammer dropped 33p to 118 after 地位，任命するing a 61% 落ちる in 暫定的な 利益（をあげる）s and a 78% 削減（する） in the （株主への）配当 with a 用心深い 見通し 声明. But the 器具／備品 賃貸し（する）ing outfit 追加するd that 貿易（する）ing at its 国際決済銀行 部隊 has stabilised in the period since June 30 and is just わずかに 負かす／撃墜する on last year.

William Baird fell 10p to 36 1/2p after 発表するing that 貿易（する）ing in July and August has been below 期待s in the womenswear 分割, 説 that August had been difficult, with sales 14% below the previous year. 利益（をあげる） in womanswear for the seven-month period to 30 August, 2002 was £4m below 期待s. The 会社／堅い does not 推定する／予想する to 回復する the 不足（高） this year year.

Brandon 雇う dived 9p to 64 after 報告（する）／憶測ing a 下落する in first-half pre-税金 利益（をあげる）, though it called the 見通し for the UK 道具 雇う 部門 'very encouraging over the next three years' and raised the 暫定的な （株主への）配当 by 4%.

主要な the gainers, Vernalis Group climbed 20 1/2p to 52 1/2p after the company 発表するd that a US 段階 IV multi-centre 熟考する／考慮する has shown its newly marketed anti-migraine 治療 frovatriptan is 高度に 効果的な in 妨げるing menstrually-associated migraine 頭痛s.

Tullow Oil bucked the weak oil 部門 傾向, up 2 1/2p at 94 1/2p as it 報告（する）／憶測d 増加するd first-half 逮捕する income and 肯定的な 開発s with its 探検 and 生産／産物 programme.

'The numbers were in line with our 予測（する）s. But it has 生産／産物 growth in the second half and good 探検 upside,' said Al Stanton, 分析家 at Deutsche Bank.

Provalis 伸び（る）d 1p to 8 1/2p after 十分な-year losses 狭くするd and said the first ４半期/4分の1 has begun 井戸／弁護士席, with a healthy level of sales and orders in both 医療の Diagnostics and Healthcare.

Systems ソフトウェア group 大型の 4 追加するd 6p to 100. The 上げる was 奮起させるd by results that 明らかにする／漏らすd a return to profitability in the second half, 与える／捧げるing to a 十分な-year 利益（をあげる） before 税金, amortisation and exceptional items of £1.1m.

衣装 jewellery 会社／堅い Cabouchon was 解除するd by a penny to 5 1/2p after its maiden 十分な-year results, while a 確信して 見通し and 狭くするing 年次の losses led biotech Provalis to 貿易（する） up 1 to 8 1/2p.

ソフトウェア group 革新 決起大会／結集させるd 2 1/2p to 12 1/2p, bouncing 支援する from last week's sharp 落ちるs in reaction to its 利益（をあげる） 警告, 解除するd by news that directors Hassan Sadiq and Robert Terry have both topped up their own holdings.

Heywood Williams 追加するd 6p to 192 1/2p after 発表するing that it 推定する／予想するs to 会合，会う market 期待s for the 十分な year. It raised 利益（をあげる） before 税金, 好意／親善 and exceptionals for the first half to end-June to £10m from £6m a year earlier.