20th Feb 2025 10:48
(Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers among London Main Market small-caps on Thursday.
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SMALL-CAP - WINNERS
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Starwood European Real Estate Finance Ltd, up 2.3% at 91.00 pence, 12-month range 88.20p-97.80p. The company announces a seventh capital distribution of GBP46.0 million through a compulsory partial redemption of shares at a premium price of GBP1.0024 each.
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SMALL-CAP - LOSERS
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Ceres Power Holdings PLC, down 40% at 78.27p, 12-month range 68.05p-312.00p. Germany's Robert Bosch GmbH plans to discontinue some work in the solid oxide fuel cells space and exit its holding in the London listing. Clean energy technology developer Ceres said Bosch's move is due to a "broader revised strategic decision" at group level. "The result of this is that Bosch will discontinue its operations relating to the industrialisation and preparation for production of decentralised power-supply systems based on solid oxide fuel cells," Ceres says . "Bosch has informed Ceres that it will seek to end its partnership with Ceres in an orderly way, while continuing to meet its contractual obligations." Bosch plans to sell its just over 17% stake in Ceres "in an orderly manner". Uwe Glock, a Bosch representative who sat on the Ceres board as a non-executive, is stepping down from the position immediately.
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Regional REIT Ltd, down 1.3% at 114.66p, 12-month range 80.31p-179.40p. The real estate investment trust says its like-for-like portfolio value decreases 8.2% in 2024. Its portfolio value at the end of last year was GBP622.5 million, down from GBP700.7 million 12 months earlier. "Total rent collection to date for 2024 has remained high at 98.1% compared with 98.4% for 2023," Regional REIT says. The firm labels 2024 as a tricky year for REITs but is seeing an improvement in sentiment in the UK office market.
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By Eric Cunha, Alliance News news editor
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