15th Apr 2026 10:10
(Alliance News) - The following are the leading risers and fallers among London Main Market small-cap and AIM stocks on Wednesday.
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Main Market small-cap winners
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Aquila Energy Efficiency Trust PLC, up 15% at 24 pence
Pyx Resources Ltd, up 9.7% at 0.305p
Quantum Data Energy PLC, up 9.0% at 1.7p
Red Capital PLC, up 8.7% at 12.5p
Hemogenyx Pharmaceuticals PLC, up 7.2% at 927p
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Main Market small-cap losers
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Bluebird Mining Ventures Ltd, down 38% at 0.105p, announces placing
Hamak Strategy Ltd, down 17% at 0.975p
Nostrum Oil & Gas PLC, down 11% at 1.4725p
Imaging Biometrics Ltd, down 10% at 0.675p
Georgina Energy PLC, down 6.5% at 3.625p
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AIM winners
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Oracle Power PLC, 30% at 0.065p, hails promising gold finds at Northern Zone asset
Sareum Holdings PLC up 19% at 22p
Silver Bullet Data Services Group PLC, up 18% at 22.5p, has strong first quarter
Active Energy Group PLC, up 13% at 0.0875p
Windar Photonics PLC, up 13% at 31p, record number of new test orders in first quarter
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AIM losers
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Trellus Health PLC, down 30% at 0.175p
PipeHawk PLC, down 23% at 2.5p
Proservice Building Services Marketplace PLC, down 17% at 4.095p
Harvest Minerals Ltd, down 13% at 0.325p
Thalia Therapeutics PLC, down 8.0% at 0.575p
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Small-cap and AIM movers in focus:
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Robert Walters PLC, up 2.2% at 86.48 pence, 12-month range 76.00p-255.00p. The recruiter says its first quarter was in line with expectations, with its largest market Japan returning to growth. Net fees declined 2% on-year at constant currency in the first quarter. "Trading for the first quarter was in-line with the board's expectations. It was encouraging that the momentum we saw in the second half of last year in certain specialist recruitment markets, such as the UK, Spain and New Zealand, continued into the early months of 2026. Furthermore, Japan, the group's largest market, also returned to growth after a tough last quarter. That said, market conditions in northern Europe remained challenging overall. Elsewhere in the group, we were encouraged to see our recruitment outsourcing business return to growth for the first time since late 2022," CEO Toby Fowlston says. "Whilst the hiring market impact of the Middle East conflict appears to remain, at this point, limited to the region itself, we remain mindful of the potential downstream macroeconomic impact in other markets should tensions be protracted, and our guidance for 2026 group net fees remains unchanged."
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Ferrexpo PLC, down 4.1% at 43.06 pence, 12-month range 33.10p-87.23p. It says its first quarter output slumped as the iron ore pellet producer continues to be hurt by "attacks on Ukrainian electricity generation and transmission infrastructure" as the war with Russia rumbles on. Output was largely suspended throughout the first quarter of the year. Ferrexpo adds: "Production recommenced with only limited resumption of operations at reduced capacity levels in late February 2026 following improvements in the availability and price of electricity supply. The group continues to operate one of its four pellet lines and sell its products to European customers." Total commercial production amounted to 592,751 tonnes, down 72% on-year and 45% lower on-quarter. Ferrexpo adds: "The company continues to closely monitor its cash and working capital position and has continued to actively explore and progress a number of potential funding options, which could include an equity capital raise. At this stage there can be no certainty that the group will be successful in concluding such funding options. If the withholding of VAT refunds continues and funding issues are not resolved in sufficient time, this could give rise to material negative consequences for the group."
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Oracle Power PLC, 30% at 0.065p, 12-month range 0.012p-0.10p. Riversgold Ltd continues to find "shallow gold mineralisation" at the Northern Zone asset in Western Australia, a project where Oracle Power is looking to expand its footprint. "These latest results represent some of the best intercepts for grade and width drilled at the Project so far from an individual drilling campaign," Oracle Power says.
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Altona Rare Earths PLC, up 7.6% at 4.25 pence, 12-month range 1.10p-4.37p. Shares hit this 12-month high on Wednesday. The resource exploration and development firm on Tuesday said heavy rare earths elements enrichment was spotted at the Monte Muambe fluorspar and gallium ore. Monte Muambe is located in Mozambique.
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By Eric Cunha, Alliance News news editor
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