Sector movers: Miners lead fightback

6th Oct 2009 12:32

No sectors are in the blue Tuesday as shares roar ahead following a spell of weakness, helped by a strong performance from the mining sector. In industrial metals, copper prices climbed, helped by positive economic data from the US. Precious metals prices also climbed, with gold reaching an 18-mon

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Small caps round-up: ProStrakan, Sareum,Sirius

6th Oct 2009 09:47

Speciality pharmaceutical company ProStrakan's New Drug Application (NDA) filing for Abstral has been accepted for review by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Subject to successful completion of the US approval process, the Scottish firm plans to launch Abstral, which helps ease pain for

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Small caps round-up: Dwyka, Panther Securities, St Modwen ...

8th Jun 2009 09:10

Dwyka Resources has received further backing for its possible all share offer for Minerva Resources from Golden Prospect Precious Metals. The letter of intent from Golden Prospect, which owns 3.5m Minerva shares, or 2.3% of the company, takes the level of support for the deal to 69m shares, or 44.

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