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Virgin have apparently been planning a possible low cost broadband offering to directly challenge TalkTalk. It would be lower bit-rate (similar to Plusnet) to protect its premium customers. The following link outlines the possible plan: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2016/12/10/virgin-media-take-talktalk-budget-brand/ This could be a further unwelcome challenge to TalkTalk.

Thanks for your explanation. Yes, I did understand the process but I would have thought it would be known (and be reportable with certainty) whether a trade was a buy or a sell from a market maker? I suspect there must be a good reason why it is not possible to have accuracy on this?

Redrichmond: Thanks for the useful clarification. Do we know why the LSE does not (cannot?) accurately report whether trades are buys or sells? Under the present arrangement I have seen a trade or two of my own being incorrectly reported in terms of buys/sells.

Rising through moving averages - also an encouraging sign.......

Can anyone explain the recent price weakness.... against the general trend of the main indices?

Takeover could be excellent news! However, as I remember, Orange was taken over by EE (EE formerly being T-Mobile + Orange). Now BT has taken over EE (in 2016). I think BT also own Plusnet - a competitor to TT. Also, TalkTalk was supposed to be changing carriers from Vodafone to O2 for their mobile service (Sept 2016). O2 unsuccessfully tried to merge with Three and remains owned by Telefonica while Vodafone remains independent. We have the four main carriers: EE, Three, O2 and Vodafone. Not sure where this leaves us?

Don't seem to be any recent director deals - so no clues there. Does look like a possible buying opportunity and worth watching. SHP has been showing volatility through a range and it might be possible to trade on this, assuming it continues.

Spike no longer evident on the chart now!!!

Anyone know the cause of the upward spike at 12noon today - Looking at the trades, there was nothing abnormal around this time, the largest trade being a purchase of 5200 shares. Do we see all the trades on LSE?

Final was paid on 3rd August LAST year - I can never understand why the Financial Diary here only extends up to 2016 when it is now 2017 ?

Thanks for that. I'm always surprised by the low average volume of individual trades. A bit puzzling why the steep price drop this afternoon resulted from relatively balanced low-volume trades. Do we see the whole story in the share trades, e.g. shorts, etc.? Perhaps one day I may understand the markets a bit better!

Any speculation on what happened at lunchtime?

Do we know if on-line ordering and the website facility has caught up with the level of, e.g. Next? My wife always comments on what must be spent on hiring the expensive models - i wonder how cost effective this strategy is? As always, they need to stock what people want, at good quality and attractive price.

Just realised that the spike coincided with the final dividend date yesterday - makes sense now!

Any idea what caused the recent spike in price? Looks pretty well back to normal now.

Welcome news, but a bit puzzled by the reported price of 240.92. The price was nowhere near this on 2nd Feb.?

Rumour of an Amazon bid for Argos?