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The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers among London Main Market small-caps on Thursday. ---------- SMALL-CAP - WINNERS ---------- Centaur Media PLC, up 17% at 40.35 pence, 12-month range 20.52p-43.00p. The firm has struck a deal to sell The Lawyer legal business information provider for an enterprise value of £43 million. The sale to Lighthouse Bidco Ltd, the parent of Legal Benchmarking Ltd, ‘unlocks significant shareholder value and provides cash to the group for the benefit of all stakeholders’. ‘On receipt of the net proceeds from the transaction, the board intends to consult shareholders on the approach to return cash to shareholders,’ the business consultancy group adds. ---------- Hamak Gold Ltd, up 15% at 4.50p, 12-month range 0.36p-7.50p. Shares have risen more than sixfold so far this year. The West Africa-focused gold miner, which also has a bitcoin treasury management strategy, announces its shares have been admitted to trading on the OTC Venture Market in the US. ‘The purpose of the listing of shares on the OTCQB is to broaden the company’s exposure to the North American investor markets and to increase trading liquidity in a drive to deliver shareholder value,’ Hamak adds. ---------- SMALL-CAP - LOSERS ---------- Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ltd, down 5.0% at 177.00p, 12-month range 110.44p-209.80p. Shares in the operator of the Shaikan Field, located in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, fall as it goes ex-dividend. It means new buyers do not qualify for the latest payout. ---------- Copyright 2025 Alliance News Ltd. All Rights Reserved.
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