Shares in consumer goods firm Creightons PLC (LSE:CRL) jumped over 6% on Friday morning, as the company reported stronger second-half results on the back of earlier “remedial” actions.
Reporting an over four-fold jump in operating profit to £1.3mln from £0.3mln during the second half, the fragrance and beauty product maker pointed to a successful efficiency drive.
Shares in Catalyst Media Group (AIM:CMX) sank over 10% on Friday after talks between a private equity firm and the company’s investee came to a close, an update revealed.
Sports Information Services (SIS), the provider of 24/7 betting content, previously entered talks with Oakvale Capital about a potential takeover.
Aptamer Group PLC (AIM:APTA), the producer of Optimer binders, rose close to 25% in early trading on Friday after it announced it has won several contracts worth a total of £507,000.
Four new deals were signed over the last three weeks following on from what the life science firm said had been “a difficult twelve months”.
Vast Resources PLC (AIM:VAST) shares fell 10% to 0.37p after it revealed it had raised £1.7mln through a placing.
The placing of 486mln shares was priced at 0.35p, with the shares having closed at 0.41p and been above 0.6p for much of the past six months.