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The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers among London Main Market small-caps on Tuesday. ---------- SMALL-CAP - WINNERS ---------- Luceco PLC, up 6.2% at 125.78 pence, 12-month range 108.26p-168.02p. The maker of residential and commercial electrification products and systems lifts its interim payout and says it expects annual earnings in line with expectations. Pretax profit in the six months to June 30 falls 10% to £7.8 million from £8.7 million. Revenue rises 15% to £125.7 million from £109.6 million a year prior. Luceco increases its interim dividend by 5.9% to 1.8p per share from 1.7p. ‘We are optimistic that confidence in our sectors of the economy will recover further in the second half of 2025. The group’s trading remains in line with expectations for further growth in the year ending December 2025,’ Chief Executive Officer John Hornby says. ---------- Life Science REIT PLC, up 2.1% at 39.60p, 12-month range 31.30p-49.00p. Fintech firm Thought Machine Group Ltd signs a seven-year lease at the Herbrand Street asset in London. The lease has been agreed at a headline rent of £75 per square foot, in line with the June valuation. ---------- SMALL-CAP - LOSERS ---------- Mobico Group PLC, down 15% at 27.36p, 12-month range 24.30p-91.15p. It maintains its annual guidance after a ‘solid performance’ in the first half of 2025. The Birmingham, England-based public transport operator and National Express owner says its pretax loss for the six months to June 30 narrowed to £7.1 million from £29.3 million the year before. Revenue increases 7.0% to £1.32 billion from £1.24 billion a year earlier. ---------- Copyright 2025 Alliance News Ltd. All Rights Reserved.
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