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LONDON--British clothing brand TED BAKER PLC (TED.LN) Thursday said it continues to look forward with confidence as it reported a 34% jump in half-year profit.

Shares at 1100 GMT up 30 pence, or 1.61%, at 1892 pence.

DQ Entertainment PLC (DQE.LN) shares rose as much as 14% in early trade after the entertainment production and distribution company said it has signed a six-year deal that will see the likes of Mowgli, Baloo, Robin Hood and Lassie going to China, the first time one of its products have been distributed there.

Shares up 1 pence, or 11%, at 9.75 pence.

Enegi Oil PLC (ENEG.LN) isn't aware of any reason for the recent share price fall which is down 23% over the past two days, nor of any events that have adversely impacted the previously announced status of any of the Company's business activities.

Shares down 0.25 pence, or 9.52%, at 2.38 pence.

Shares in U.K.-listed URALS ENERGY PUBLIC CO. (UEN.LN) rose 64% after the company unveiled a combined oil reserve report that shows that its two Russian oil fields--Peschanoozerskoye and Okruzhnoye--contain a combined 31.7 million barrels of proved oil reserves, or enough oil to generate $468.9 million in revenues.

Shares up 1.63 pence, or 52%, at 4.75 pence.

Oil exploration company SEFTON RESOURCES INC. (SER.LN) has paid $120,000 to Bank of the West after the bank withdrew its credit facility, and said it is in talks to replace the lender.

Shares down 0.03 pence, or 22%, at 0.11 pence.

XAAR PLC (XAR.LN), a digital inkjet printing technology group, now expects total revenue for 2014 to be 5% to 10% below the bottom of the previously announced range of 115 million pounds ($187.6 million) to GBP125 million and said it will reduce costs.

Shares down 126 pence, or 34%, at 241 pence.

XTRACT RESOURCES PLC (XTR.LN) has signed an agreement to sell 100% of the Mejillones phosphate deposit in Chile to Mines Global for GBP400,000.

Shares up 0.02 pence, or 12%, at 0.19 pence.

FTSE Small-Cap down 0.47%

AIM down 0.54%

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