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BlackRock Smaller Companies Trust Publishes September Update as NAV Falls 1.8% to 310.37p a Share

By Public Technologies
  • BlackRock Smaller Companies Trust’s largest holding was Greencore Group at 3.1% of its portfolio as of September 30, 2026.
  • XPS Pensions represented 2.8%; Tatton Asset Management and IntegraFin each accounted for 2.7%.
  • Industrials accounted for 31.6% of the portfolio; financials represented 22.1%.
  • NAV per share, including income with debt at fair value, stood at 310.37p; September’s NAV total return was -1.8%.
  • The benchmark returned -0.6% over the month. Portfolio disclosure


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