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Magazine - 29 Feb 2024
Scottish Oriental Smaller Companies’ high-quality portfolio is selling for a song

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29 February 2024|Great Ideas|by James Crux

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Market Overview

UK 350 Risers and Fallers

Risers

Company	Price	% Chg
Assura PLC	46.56	14.29
Sirius Real Estat...	82.55	4.30
Primary Health Pr...	93.90	3.76
Kingfisher PLC	268.60	3.67
Whitbread PLC	2,598.00	3.34
Severn Trent PLC	2,461.00	2.84

Fallers

Company	Price	% Chg
Clarkson PLC	3,455.00	-21.66
Alpha Group Inter...	2,390.00	-10.15
Entain PLC	661.20	-8.62
Rolls-Royce Holdi...	732.80	-8.56
Travis Perkins PLC	580.50	-8.37
Ferrexpo PLC	69.90	-7.91