UK small caps climb 0.2 percent, in line with the FTSE 100 (FTSE: ^FTSE - news) index, while the midcaps advance 0.4 percent.
Life assurance specialist Chesnara (LSE: CSN.L - news) climbs 1.3 percent after the company unveils full-year results and hikes its dividend, with Panmure Gordon hiking its target price for the stock to 264 pence from 249 pence.
London-based film group Intandem Films slides more than 28 percent after the company reports a widening of first-half pretax losses.
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