Supercapacitor technology developer Cap-XX (LON: CPX) has secured a design win with a global semiconductor manufacturer. The technology will be used in high-temperature electric chambers used in semiconductor fabrication. The share price jumped 49.2% to 0.44p.
Market research firm YouGov (LON: YOU) expects strong revenues and operating profit in the year to July 2025, but stripping out the CPS acquisition underlying growth will be modest. The company has achieved 70% of the £20m of annualised cost savings. Client budgets could continue to be under pressure. The share price rebounded 18.1% to 363p.
Orosur Mining Inc (LON: OMI) has announced results from three more assays at the Pepas area of the Anza gold project in Colombia. They include one showing 104 metres@ 6.61g/t gold from surface. The company is averaging the drilling of one hole each week. The share price continued its upward trend by rising 15.9% to 11.875p.
Digital media business Digitalbox (LON: DBOX) says advertising is improving. In the first half, advertising performance, session values and yields have all increased. Revenues are 11% higher and EBITDA will be ahead of expectations. The complete figures will be published on 23 September. The share price improved 12.1% to 4.65p.
Specialist staffing company Gattaca (LON: GATC) says that full year figures are ahead of expectations. Net fee income was 3% lower at £38.8m. Permanent recruitment income has steadied, and second half income was much better than a weak comparative. Pre-tax profit guidance has been raised from £3.1m to £3.3m, which is higher than the £2.9m reported for the previous year because of cost reductions. Cyber security recruiter Infosec has been bought for an initial £1.5m, which is equal to net fee income in the year to March 2025. Operating profit was £400,000. The share price increased 8.47% to 96p.
North Sea oil and gas producer Serica Energy (LON: SQZ) reported a fall in interim revenues from $462m to $305m and free cash flow declined from $98,000 to $14,000. Production was hit by problems with the Triton FPSO, which is currently rebuilding production. Higher capital spending contributed to a move into net debt of £57m at the end of June 2025. The interim dividend is reduced by one-third to 6p/share. The share price added 7.44% to 168.9p.
Energy storage technology developer Gelion (LON: GELN) has made a breakthrough in Lithium-Sulfur (Li-S) performance. The cells retain 90% of theoretical capacity at a 10-hour charge and 10-hour discharge. The cells have 75% of theoretical capacity after a six-minute discharge. This means that they could be used in drones and electric vehicles. The share price recovered 12% to 28p.
Michael Faulkner has sold his 9.8% stake in Manolete Partners (LON: MANO) and Brightlight Capital Partners has acquired a 9.04% stake. The share price added 5.84% to 81.5p.
FALLERS
Sri Lanka focused minerals project developer Capital Metals (LON: CMET) has received $825,000 of investments relating to the $2m Ambeon option. Ambeon has assigned 22.7 million shares to investors at a share price of 2.75p. The rest of the funds are expected by 11 August. The share price fell 9.09% to 3p.