Advertisement
UK markets close in 5 hours 46 minutes
  • FTSE 100

    8,087.31
    +46.93 (+0.58%)
     
  • FTSE 250

    19,725.50
    +6.13 (+0.03%)
     
  • AIM

    755.15
    +0.46 (+0.06%)
     
  • GBP/EUR

    1.1671
    +0.0026 (+0.22%)
     
  • GBP/USD

    1.2521
    +0.0059 (+0.47%)
     
  • Bitcoin GBP

    51,037.10
    -1,952.90 (-3.69%)
     
  • CMC Crypto 200

    1,363.93
    -18.65 (-1.35%)
     
  • S&P 500

    5,071.63
    +1.08 (+0.02%)
     
  • DOW

    38,460.92
    -42.77 (-0.11%)
     
  • CRUDE OIL

    82.72
    -0.09 (-0.11%)
     
  • GOLD FUTURES

    2,337.60
    -0.80 (-0.03%)
     
  • NIKKEI 225

    37,628.48
    -831.60 (-2.16%)
     
  • HANG SENG

    17,284.54
    +83.27 (+0.48%)
     
  • DAX

    17,981.33
    -107.37 (-0.59%)
     
  • CAC 40

    8,048.67
    -43.19 (-0.53%)
     

STOCKS NEWS EUROPE-UK small caps close up 0.4 pct

The FTSE Small Cap index ends up 0.4 percent and the junior-listed FTSE AIM All Share Index firms 0.7 percent, against a 0.2 percent rise posted by the blue chips and a 0.5 percent advance by the midcaps.

ITM Power (Other OTC: ITMPF - news) climbs 4.5 percent after saying its five hydrogen refuelling sites have been approved for planning on the Isle of Wight.

Darty (Other OTC: KESAF - news) , Europe's third-largest electricals retailer, gains 0.8 percent to 130.50 pence after UBS (Xetra: UB0BL6 - news) raises its target price for the stock to 150 pence from 135 pence and reiterates its "buy" rating.

Reuters messaging rm://atul.prakash.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net