UK small caps close up 0.3 percent, underperforming the mid-caps, up 0.9 percent, and the blue chips , ahead 0.5 percent. Headlam rises 3.9 percent after the floor coverings distributor says group revenue ...

UK small caps advance 0.1 percent, underperforming the wider market, with the mid-caps up 0.4 percent and the blue chips 0.3 percent firmer. Life assurance specialist Chesnara edges up 1 percent after ...

Euromoney Institutional Investor, the FTSE 250 international online information and events group, saw its shares fall after revenues declined one per cent in the six months ended March 31st.

The FTSE Small Caps Index closes 0.4 percent higher, against a fall of 0.1 percent on the blue-chip FTSE 100 and a rise of 0.6 percent on the mid-cap FTSE 250 index. Engineering consultancy group Ricardo ...

The FTSE Small Caps Index rises 0.1 percent in mid-session trading, in line with a similar rise on the blue-chip FTSE 100 index but underperforming a 0.5 percent gain on the FTSE 250 mid-cap index. Media ...

The FTSE Small Caps Index is down 0.1 percent in early trading, underperforming a flat blue-chip FTSE 100 index and a 0.3 percent gain on the FTSE 250 mid-cap index. Optos slumps 15.8 percent after the ...

FTSE 250 investment group 3i Group saw a surge in assets under management (AuM) in the year to March 31st and said that it has identified further cost savings for the future after outperforming its targets ...

Euromoney Institutional Investor, the FTSE 250 international online information and events group, saw its shares fall after revenues declined one per cent in the six months ended March 31st.

Vedanta Resources will steal the show on Thursday when the mining company reports its full-year results.

Beating earnings expectations tends to be a sure fire way for companies to hit the financial headlines and get a warm reception from shareholders on results day. For momentum investors with an eye for ...

Keller, the world's largest independent ground engineering specialist, sparked a share-price surge on Wednesday after saying that results so far this year have beaten its expectations despite mixed conditions ...

UK small caps end 0.5 percent higher, while the midcaps climb 0.7 percent, and the blue chips add 0.1 percent. Shares in Cape edge up 0.3 percent as the oil, gas and mining support services group says ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Banks are withdrawing from Europe's troubled steel sector, putting the survival of even some of the most established industry players at risk and forcing companies to seek alternative ...

UK small caps rise 0.2 percent, in line with mid-caps and outperforming blue chips, down 0.2 percent. Shares in Lonrho rise 89 percent to 9.82 pence, to the top of the small-cap index as the British industrial ...

ICAP's annual pre-tax profit fell 20 per cent to 284m pounds compared to the previous year as the broker was hit by the weak global economy, low interest rates and regulatory reforms.

The shares of Balfour Beatty rallied 3% to 223p this morning after the FTSE 250 mid-cap revealed its order book had grown 5% to £16bn since the start of 2013. Balfour Beatty, the global infrastructure ...

Betfair, the FTSE 250 online betting group, has received and rejected two revised proposals from CVC Capital Partners, Richard Koch, Antony Ball and partners valuing each Betfair share at 920p and 950p ...

UK small caps gain 0.1 percent, outperforming the mid-caps and the blue chips, which both trade flat. E Therapeutics surges 18.3 percent after preliminary results revealed a strong pipeline of products ...

Balfour Beatty, the FTSE 250 infrastructure group which shocked the market with a profit warning last month, said that its performance has not changed since the last update.

The FTSE small cap index is down 0.1 percent, outperforming a 0.4-percent weaker FTSE mid-caps and a 0.3-percent fall for the FTSE blue chip index. Johnston Press falls 7.9 percent after the company said ...

Russian police marched into a small company's office in Moscow and told everyone to sit down and wait to be interviewed. They left hours later with all the computers.

Ocado rose to the top of the FTSE 250 Friday after the grocery website said it was well placed to take advantage of rapid growth in online sales. The company is currently in talks with Morrison to help ...

How serious is the downgrade of the Co-operative Bank? We answer your questions.

The FTSE Small Caps Index is flat by midday, against a 0.1 percent firmer blue-chip FTSE 100 index and a 0.3 percent stronger FTSE 250 mid-caps. Gable Holdings advances 2.8 percent after Panmure raises ...

The FTSE Small Caps Index is down 0.05 percent, in line with a 0.07-percent weaker blue-chip FTSE 100 index but underperforming a 0.1 percent stronger FTSE 250 mid-caps . Morgan Sindall falls 3.8 percent ...

Shares in the FTSE 250 online grocery retailer surged above 200p.

Accountancy software firm Sage made a pre-tax loss of £7.7m in the first half of the year but reported strong underlying growth helped by sales of internet-based subscription services.

Consumer electronics company CSR climbed into the top spot on Wednesday after it saw profits soar in the first quarter bolstered by strong sales of wireless products in its auto, and voice and music divisions....

The FTSE Small Caps Index is up 0.4 percent in mid-session trade, outpacing a 0.2 percent gain on the blue-chip FTSE 100 index, while the FTSE 250 mid-cap index is also up by 0.4 percent. Charles Taylor ...

The FTSE Small Caps Index is up 0.3 percent in early session trading, outpacing a flat blue-chip FTSE 100 index while the FTSE 250 mid-cap index is up by 0.5 percent. Petra Diamonds rises 2.3 percent after ...

Imagination Technologies Group was lower after Exane BNP cut its target price from 610p to 311p and downgraded the stock to neutral.

The IMF's Christine Lagarde has said the US government's debt reduction plans are too abrupt, including the $85 billion in federal budget cuts known as the sequester. She said that if current policies ...

By Sarah White MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's bill to bail out its banks may yet rise, some bankers and analysts fear, as a worsening economy hampers the government's early attempts to sell off nationalised ...