STOCKS NEWS EUROPE-UK small caps rise less than blue-chips

Britain's small cap equity indexes rise but underperform bigger gains on the blue-chip index.

The FTSE Small Caps Index is up by 0.3 percent while the FTSE AIM All Share Index advances by 0.4 percent - underperforming gains of 0.5 percent on the FTSE 250 mid-cap index and 0.6 percent on the blue-chip FTSE 100.

DotDigital Group, a company that provides software services for digital marketing professionals, rises 8.9 percent after reporting higher profits and announcing a maiden final dividend.

Data and software company WANdisco (Other OTC: WANSF - news) rises 1.9 percent after reporting a rise in bookings.

"WANdisco continues to deliver ahead of expectations and primes the market for a sparkling Q4," brokerage Panmure Gordon writes in a research note, keeping a "buy" rating on the stock.

However, translation software company SDL (LSE: SDL.L - news) slumps 14.3 percent after lowering its full-year profit outlook.

"There were four wheels on the wagon - but one of them keeps falling off. With today's warning, it looks like several have come off at the same time," Panmure Gordon writes in a research note, keeping a "hold" rating while cutting its price target on the stock to 276 pence from 386 pence.

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