The space is caused by the </tr> at the top - i presume you are using Netsacpe or other standards compliant browser.
Change the file to:
Code:
<table border=0 width=100% cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0<tr> <td>
<table border=0 width=100%>
<tr>
{section name=product loop=$products}
<td valign="top">
<table border=0 width=100%><tr>
<td width="20%" align=center valign=top><a href=product.php?productid={$products[product].productid}&cat={$cat}&page={$navigation_page}>{include file="product_thumbnail.tpl" productid=$products[product].productid image_x=70 product=$products[product].product}
{ $lng.lbl_see_details }</a></td>
<td valign=top width=100% >
{$products[product].product|escape}</font> <font class=TableCenterProductTitleOrange></font><font size=1>
{$products[product].descr|truncate:100:"...":true}
</font><hr size=1 noshade width=130 align=left>
{if $active_modules.Subscriptions ne "" and $products[product].catalogprice}
{include file="modules/Subscriptions/subscription_info_inlist.tpl"}
{else}
{if $products[product].price ne 0}
{if $products[product].discount ne 0}
<font class=MarketPrice>{$lng.lbl_market_price}: <s>{math equation="(price/(100-discount))*100" price=$products[product].price discount=$products[product].discount format="%d.00" assign=unformatted}{include file="currency.tpl" value=$unformatted}</s> </font>
{/if}
<div align="left">
<font class=TableCenterProductTitleOrange>{$lng.lbl_our_price}: {include file="currency.tpl" value=$products[product].price}</font><font class=MarketPrice>{include file="customer/main/alter_currency_value.tpl" alter_currency_value=$products[product].price}</font>{if $products[product].discount ne 0}, save {$products[product].discount}%{/if}
{else}
<div align="left"> <font class=TableCenterProductTitleOrange>{$lng.lbl_enter_your_price}</font>
{/if}
{/if}
</td></tr>
</table>
</td>
{if $smarty.section.product.index is odd}
</tr> <tr>
{/if}
{/section}
</tr>
</table>
</td></tr></table>