(Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers on AIM in London on Friday.
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AIM - WINNERS
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Thruvision Group PLC, up 24% at 29.10 pence, 12-month range 17.01p-30.00p. The Abingdon, England-based people-screening technology company says Executive Chair Tom Black buys 1.8 million shares at 22.77 pence each, worth GBP417,442, on Thursday. Black now has 13.2 million shares, or a 9.0% stake.
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AIM - LOSERS
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Deepmatter Group PLC, down 36% at 0.40p, 12-month range 0.26p-3.10p. Shares in the digital chemistry data company plunge after it announces a deeply discounted share offer and a downgrade to its annual revenue guidance. DeepMatter will carry out a share placing and subscription at a price of 0.1 pence per share to raise GBP2.6 million. Placing price is 84% discount to Thursday's closing price of 0.63p. Separately, DeepMatter says it now expects its multi-year contract with AI biology-based startup Standigm to be signed in 2022, rather than 2021, which will result in revenue for 2021 being lower than previous expectations.
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Kazera Global PLC, down 8.9% at 1.07p, 12-month range 0.92p-2.39p. The diamonds and rare earths explorer says it is postponing its annual results, blaming the consequences of Covid-19. It had been granted a three month extension by the AIM market for the publication of its full year earnings. However, Kazera now expects to release its results for the financial year that ended June 30 in February. The Covid-19 pandemic had prevented the company's auditors from accessing all required information, Kazera notes.
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Barkby Group PLC, down 3.5% at 18.58p, 12-month range 17.50p-30.00p. The commercial property and pub investor says its loss widened in a year hit by the pandemic. For the year that ended July 1, Barkby reports a widened pretax loss of GBP4.4 million from GBP3.1 million in the previous financial year. The Oxfordshire-based firm says revenue was up 26%, rising to GBP15.1 million from GBP12.0 million in financial 2020. With regards to Barkby Pub Co, Barkby says it was badly hurt by Covid restrictions, making an operating loss of GBP100,000.
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By Arvind Bhunjun; arvindbhunjun@alliancenews.com
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