The FTSE Small Cap index .FTSC were steady after the half-day trading session on Christmas Eve, underperforming the 0.2 percent gain on the blue chip index .FTSE, while the midcaps .FTMC fell 0.7 percent.

JJB Sports (JJB.L) jumps 27.7 percent higher after the struggling sportswear says it is planning a 31.1 million pounds ($47.9 million) fundraising, after having warned it was likely to breach the terms of a key banking agreement, raising cash from its top shareholders Harris Associates and Crystal Amber, as well as the Bill & Melinda Gates foundation.

Chaucer (CHU.L) loses 1.9 percent as the insurance underwriter increases its forecast for net losses from the New Zealand earthquake earlier this year to $20 million, up from an initial estimate of $12.5 million.

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