STOCKS NEWS EUROPE-UK small caps close 0.1 percent lower

The FTSE Small Cap index .FTSC closes 0.1 percent lower, underperforming the blue chips .FTSE and the midcaps .FTMC, which both end the session up 0.5 percent.

Centaur Media (CAU.L) falls 11.8 percent after the business publisher says the outlook for its markets would likely remain challenging for the foreseeable future, but that its trading performance for the year was in line with its expectations. [ID:nL9470625]

MBL (MUBL.L) jumps over 22 percent after the distributor of home entertainment products unveils full-year results, with pretax profit of 8.1 million pounds, up 42.1 percent on the previous year, on revenue up by 77.5 percent to 143.6 million pounds.

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