13th Oct 2025 10:16
(Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers among London Main Market small-caps on Monday.
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SMALL-CAP - WINNERS
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Costain Group PLC, up 11% at 156.20 pence, 12-month range 85.40p-172.40p. Costain has won a place on a GBP2.9 billion project for the decommissioning of the Sellafield nuclear power plant in Cumbria, north west England. Costain joins the infrastructure delivery partnership, which will provide essential services for the Sellafield site, including electricity distribution, water, road and rail networks, and bridges, the construction and engineering firm reports. Costain is to act as utilities partner, with Morgan Sindall Infrastructure, part of Morgan Sindall Group PLC, will be electrical distribution partner. Hochtief (UK) Construction Ltd, part of Hochtief AG, will be civils partner. Costain said it expects its portion of the GBP2.9 billion total to be worth up to GBP1 billion. The contracts are for an initial nine years with an option for a further six, running to 2040.
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Norcros PLC, up 3.0% at 280.04p, 12-month range 184.50p-304.00p. The supplier of bathroom and kitchen products gets UK Competition & Markets approval for its GBP46 million acquisition of Norway's Fibo Holding AS. "We are delighted that the transaction has cleared this final regulatory hurdle and can now be completed. This strategically compelling acquisition will give Norcros a strong platform to accelerate our geographic expansion across Scandinavia and Central Europe for both Fibo and our existing brands. We welcome our new Fibo colleagues to the Norcros team and we are looking forward to working together on our shared growth plans for the region," Chief Executive Officer Thomas Willcocks says.
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SMALL-CAP - LOSERS
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Secure Trust Bank PLC, down 4.4% at 906.78p, 12-month range 331.00p-1,262.93p. Shares in the business and consumer lender decline again, extending its losing streak. Secure Trust on Thursday warned of a hit to profit in 2025 after its net lending book declined by 4.1% in the third quarter to the end of September. It said the run-off of the non-core vehicle finance book quickened, combined with a "small decrease" in the core business.
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By Eric Cunha, Alliance News news editor
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