UK small caps rise 0.2 percent, in line with mid-caps andoutperforming blue chips, down 0.2 percent.
Shares in Lonrho rise 89 percent to 9.82 pence, to the top of thesmall-cap index as the British industrial group receives a buyout offer at apremium of 97.1 percent from a company controlled by Swiss billionaire ThomasSchmidheiny and investor Rainer-Marc Frey.
"We would expect shareholders to welcome this all cash offer," analysts atPanmure Gordon write in a note. "We move our recommendation from 'Sell' to'Hold' and increase our Target Price to 10.25 pence from 4.8 pence."
Centaur Media falls to the bottom of the table as the businessinformation, events and marketing services group says it expects to deliverprofit growth below market expectations in the twelve months to June.
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