The FTSE Small Cap index rises 0.2 percent, ahead ofthe junior-listed AIM shares and the mid-caps,down 0.1 and 0.5 percent respectively, and the blue chips, which close flat.
Digital communications group Next Fifteen Communications climbs 6.4 percent after saying it has made a good startto the new financial year, driven by double-digit organic growthand strong overall margins in its U.S. business.
Canaccord Genuity upgrades its recommendation to "buy" from"speculative buy", while hiking its target price for the shares- currently trading at 90 pence - to 108 pence from 94 pence.
"Following a difficult 18 months, with significant problemsparticularly within its Bite agency, Next Fifteen is showingsigns of a robust recovery," Canaccord Genuity says.
"It has the attractions of significant U.S. exposure, astrong footprint in the buoyant technology sector, and it iswell advanced in a significant transition into a genuine digitalcommunications business."
Recruitment services provider RTC Group jumps 36.7percent after saying full-year 2013 results are expected to showa "material improvement" in pretax profit against marketexpectations.
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