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The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers among London Main Market small-caps on Thursday. ---------- SMALL-CAP - WINNERS ---------- Rights & Issues Investment Trust PLC, up 1.4% at 2,250 pence, 12-month range 1,670p-2,250p. The investor in smaller UK companies declares a 32.75p final dividend for 2025, up from 32.00p. Increases total dividend by 2.3% to 45.00p from 44.00p. Net asset value per share is 2,603.7p as of December 31, up from 2,543.4p one year prior. NAV total return is plus 2.4% for 2025, down from 8.8% in 2024 and compared with the FTSE All-Share Capital Index’s return which increased to 19.8% from 5.5%. Says discount to NAV has widened to 24% at December 31 from 6.4%, and that it would like to do share buybacks to close the gap. Intends to again seek authority for buybacks at its 2026 annual general meeting. ‘As we look forward into 2026 we hope to resolve the share buyback issue, to be able to provide greater liquidity for our shareholders and manage the discount,’ Chair Andrew Hosty says. ---------- SMALL-CAP - LOSERS ---------- Regional REIT Ltd, down 5.6% at 100.8p, 12-month range 100p-127.6p. Declares a 2.5p per share dividend for the fourth quarter, bringing the annual total to 10.0p from 7.80p the year before. Reports a portfolio valuation of £555.2 million as of December 31, down 5.0% from £622.5 million, although it said the decrease was largely due to its successful sales programme. Says it completed £51.6 million in disposals during 2025, up on-year from £30.8 million. This was ‘ahead of target and at a 1.3% premium to book value’. ‘The focus for 2026 is to continue to invest capital to improve the quality and letting prospects of key properties, reducing void costs and at the same time to continue to sell underperforming assets, with a target of exceeding the 2025 sales volumes,’ comments Chair David Hunter. ---------- REA Holdings PLC, down 13% at 116 pence, 12-month range 61.5p-136p. The Indonesia-focused palm oil company reports 851,785 fresh fruit bunch tonnes harvested in 2025, up from 842,515 tonnes in 2024. Crude palm oil production decreases to 189,215 tonnes from 190,235, and crude palm kernel oil decreases to 17,461 tonnes from 18,086 tonnes. Says rainfall across the estates averaged 3,885 millimetres, 23% above the ten-year historic average, and up by around 44% from 2,707mm. ‘Climatic factors delayed ripening which meant that the typical weighting of crops to the second half of the year did not occur and the peak crop usually experienced in the final quarter did not materialise,’ REA says. Adds however that the outlook for production and sales of both CPO and CPKO is positive. ---------- Copyright 2026 Alliance News Ltd. All Rights Reserved.
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