Junior-listed AIM shares drop 0.6 percent, in linewith the mid-caps, while the blue chips drop 0.4percent.
Cenkos Securities climbs almost 4 percent after thespecialist securities company proposes an interim dividend of3.5 pence a share.
Bellzone advances nearly 8 percent after theGuinea-focused miner says it expects its Kalia iron ore projectto produce 7 million tonnes per year with production to start in2015.
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