STOCKS NEWS EUROPE-UK small caps gain 0.2 percent midday

The FTSE Small Cap index .FTSC gains 0.2 percent in midday trade, while the midcaps .FTMC add 0.3 percent and the blue chips .FTSE put on 1 percent.

International Greetings (INGR.L) soars 28 percent after the designer and manufacturer of gift wrap, crackers and cards swings to a profit of 4 million pounds for the full year 2009, from a loss of 4.8 million pounds a year ago. [ID:nnRn1c4438W]

China Medical System (CMSH.L) jumps 24.7 percent after the Chinese pharmaceutical company reports a 34 percent rise in first-half pretax profit and says it is in talks with several companies for new product additions. [ID:nLT530089]

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