STOCKS NEWS EUROPE-UK small caps down, outperform broader market
The FTSE Small Cap index falls 0.3 percent, but outperforms junior-listed AIM shares, the mid-caps and the blue chips , which are down by 0.5 to 0.7 percent.
British suit specialist Moss Bros (LSE: MOSB.L - news) surges more than 20 percent after saying it expects to post a full-year profit ahead of market expectations following a surge in sales over the Christmas period.
Volga Gas (Frankfurt: KWW.F - news) rises 11.5 percent after the oil and gas exploration and production group operating in Russia's Volga region says production in 2013 surged 46 percent from 2012.
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