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Versarien plc (LON:VRS) was an early riser at the end of the trading week, surging 12% to 43p after South Korea’s Graphene Lab subscribed for shares worth £1.9mln.

The buyer, which specialises in chemical vapor deposition graphene, including sensors, OLEDs and flexible transparent touch panels, now owns 2.2% in the advanced materials engineering group.

The pair also entered into a “wide-ranging” series of agreements, the AIM-listed firm said, for activities in South Korea.

Elsewhere, PageGroup PLC (LON:PAGE) advanced 8% to 542p after announcing that business had picked up month-by-month throughout the first quarter of 2021 with March just 2% below a year ago.

The white-collar recruiter posted £184mln gross profit, which was up 2% quarter-on-quarter but down 9.9% on a year ago.

The FTSE 250 group said it is not clear whether the improved performance is the result of pent-up supply and demand, or the beginning of a sustainable trend.