Hot small caps: Optos falls as seen missing estimates

Tue Sep 30, 2008 11:49am BST

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LONDON (Reuters) - Following is a round-up of key small cap movers on the London Stock Market today.

9:41 a.m. BST - Optos falls as seen missing estimates

Shares in Optos (OPTS.L) slip back 13 percent, making the eye imaging specialist the second biggest faller in the FTSE SmallCap index, after it says it will miss full-year consensus sales forecasts.

"Optos' pre-close trading update released this morning indicates that the company will miss full-year revenue consensus forecasts of $103.9 million and its recently reiterated growth guidance of 20-25 percent," says Nomura Code.

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