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Oil $74.50...London and N.Y. off to a positive start should help G upwards. Klassics call of 221 looks to be the Friday Stakes winner (9) off currently v Dodges (16).

Good luck I hope your 300 target is achieved this year. If we get $80 Oil for say last 3 months of the year that will be a huge boost to fcf. Atm oil is averaging in April to date $71 v comp period in 2017 $50.80. Next nos (H/Y) in early Aug will make good reading but might also get some hints at the AGM (17/5).

Sector off 9, Mfocus -15 & Sage +4. Bad day for techs over the pond - Nsdq fell 121 and a weak start in London, c.50 lower at bell.

That was predictive nos for you.

Klassic...well done. Staying solid behind a stock like G these last few years takes cohones! You will now be faced with the next poser...what to do now? Wish i could help. My small position is inconsequential...i might be slightly less skint at 500p than 212.... but not as i'd know. Your position is hopefully a lot better and you can ride this a lot higher in the months to come. Incidentally I dabbled in MONI and swerved a 5 fig punt in AFREN by the skin of my teeth....phew!

Oil well off $75+ of yesterday on concerns that agreements might be wavering should oil cont to rise. Whatever the case it looks like $70 is the low for sometime to come, that would put an extra $16+ a barrel into G coffers for the next 36 wks.

Hydrogen...that's a share price going on one direction surely?... Your words. Well you'da thunk so. But the crooked barrow boys have a diff agenda to the likes of you and me though at times it seems totally perverse....Like a zillion buys and zero sales ...sp down! Whatever is the free float being churned time and time again? If not the nos don't add up? Here we have c.80% of the outstanding tightly held from certainly a year ago and the sp has almost doubled on 20% of the balance?....Are you sure? That must be hundreds of millions of shares traded in a year when only c.57m shares are still floating?...I dont think so. My guess theres no /to little free float left and trading is on borrowed shares and borrowed time. How long can the crooked jobbers keep this on a tight rein? Sooner or later this will explode upwards and the jobbies know it which will leave them potless. They've had it too good too bloody long.

Time for some bad news to boost the sp 0.0011202211p.

Yup dodge you might well be right. At least I dont have to drag myself out of bed at some ungodly hour!

Klassic...you have lots of options and I'm assuming your in the plus column here? If so well done. You can hang around for sometime yet? I don't trawl other BBs but I'd bet this BB is the best...ish on Lse and I'll have a wager on that! So unless a disaster befalls us...I'll be throwing in me two penny worth here which is better than the idea I last had where I'm bashing my head against a brick wall of indifference.

Tartine, honest i didnt think people would be that bothered....anyways thanx for your comments. Oh yes I'm staying put here even with my tiny holding! Just stupidly undervalued as is Gkp. I regret selling out most of my G stock higher up but at the time it made sense. No use belly -aching about it and with my other big holding in private hands i have no chance of raising cash to up my stake here. No worries as you say Go G!

Cheers H. Enuffs e'nuff I think. I'm sure another G holder will fill the vacancy in time. It was a little part of the G BB postings and subservient to the main purpose of the BB..... all things relating to G.

Sp performance over 3months & 12 months. 3months: G +60% -- Gkp +29%. 12 months: G +166% - Gkp +46%. Employees G c120 - Gkp c.290. Nos further back are big % losses and not relative now.

Ah well bunks.....All good things come... Cheers anyways...

Bunks....you do it!

Risks off a full blown oil crisis within months could arise setting off a mad scramble by commodity hedge funds. Three factors are in play, the political premium, construction of supply and Trump reinstating oil sanctions against Iran on May 12th. Japan & S.Korea will join the Americans along with most European firms. Most shippers and insurers will stay clear. Westbeck Capital see $100 Oil in'18 if not sooner as by then the oil mrkt will be feeling the delayed effects of a 40% slump in investment from late 2014 storing up a c.8m b/d shortfall. Iranian sanctions will take off 500.000 b/d. The war between S.A. & Iran over Yemen provide a lethal backdrop and should missiles get through S.A. defences or hit an oil tanker that will likely set off a full scale ME war.

Markets did little till around 3 then the 100 put in a quick spurt to close 31 better on the day (7399).The A/S, 250, S/cap & Aim all gained. Miners led advances on Russian sanctions effecting supplies of key metals. Whitbread rose on news of the likelyhood of selling off its Costa Coffee division which activist investor Elliott has been urging them to do. Outside the 100 Capita rose 11% on new strategies planned and a RI to raise £700m. Bigest faller was Prothena which slumped 70% on news of flagship drug had failed to meet its primary end point and all spending will be stopped immediately. Woodfords PCT fund tanked 10% -- it has 9% of Prothena one of his bigger holdings. Woodford doesn't seem able to catch a break atm but to be fair he invests in start ups and high risk drug firms, many of which fall by the wayside. TSB had a royal screw up on the overhaul of its tech systems while migrating customers elsewhere. Data breaches and inaccurate customer balances added to client woes. Rate rises might be on the back burner as UK growth is forecast to lag all other major economies and Brexit worries are back in the forefront of mrkt concerns, not the time to add to consumer costs....one would think. Like London the US markets were flat posting small losses. The S&P has just posted its longest run in 'correction' territory (51 trading sessions) and is off 7% from peak the Dow (-8%) & Nsdq (-6%). Asia is having a good day Tokyo up 173, HK up 324 & Shanghai gaining 65 heading towards close. The nos: Oil $74.93 - Gold $1325 - Vix 1634 - £$ 1.395 - £€ 1.142 - Bcon $8792 - FF (+5) - DF (+70). A vacancy has arisen in the early morning slot.This is my last post. I could blame writers cramp but you wouldn't believe that. A new slant / refresh is needed imo. So interested parties should send CVs (no expertise required) to the G committee. Cheers and morning all.

Trading updates thus wk. TUL on Wed & RDS on Thrs.

Mid afternoon Asia-Pacific stocks were quiet following the 'Sreets' down session on Friday. Tokyo -60 HK-108 & Shanghai -3. Falls were limited to around c.0.3% except the Taiex off (1%) again on Taiwan Semi Conductor falling another 1.35% after being battered on Friday and a sell off on techs across the region denting sentiment. News closer to home saw Facebook being sued by financial guru / journalist Martin Lewis for the illegal use of his image and fake adds in fronting money scams to the unwary. The matter is headed to the High Court. The nos: Oil $73.71 - Gold $1334 - Vix 16.88 - £$1.4016 - £€ 1.142 - FF (+15).

Bobbyshafter last one should redo the list....cheers.