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Clearly there are some very itchy-fingered IIs out there atm.

BB

I'm just another very amateur PI. Admittedly, as a SM shareholder, I've learnt more about the stock market than otherwise I ever would have. The education has almost been worth the investment alone.

The 3.7M trade was off-book.

jimmy

You might be sick of it, but at this critical time, I'm watching every move (along with a lot of other PIs, I suspect) .

3.7M buy just gone in.

It was another off-book trade, so probably more inter-II shenanigans.

Someone just dumped 3.2M shares. Not so encouraging.

I think that would amount to an RNS drum-roll, which wouldn't really alter the status quo.

Another small win. Every little helps.

"Scotland’s Charity Air Ambulance (SCAA) has signed a four-year deal with Bab**** to operate and maintain its new helicopter from a dedicated facility on the east side of the airport.

The EC135 T2e, expected to be operational by March, will fly out of a base beside the firm’s passenger terminals."

https://www.energyvoice.com/oilandgas/north-sea/207372/helicopter-firm-bab****-to-operate-air-ambulance/

Traders appear to have cottoned on to the daily opening spike, after which the SP rumbles along in the usual range.

From a macroeconomic perspective, I think this week is the best chance SM may have to get the bonds away. They might wait until after the Fed meeting 17-18 Sep, but that will be cutting it very fine. There isn't much sign in the SP that anyone knows anything. It's a case of sitting and waiting.

I think we are seeing a short squeeze. With 86% of Capita shares held by IIs, there is little prospect of large numbers of shares coming back onto the market for the foreseeable future. Shorters, get out while you can!

London Stock Exchange is showing 40M, Hargreaves Lansdown 46M, this site 28M. Spin the wheel, take your pick.

Shorts are at their highest ever: 3.56% . The SP is still on its knees. One of the biggest dogs of a share I've ever owned. There was lots of talk earlier this year about Clipper having great growth potential - operating in the sphere of online retail. The board need to get their finger out and resolve whatever is keeping the SP depressed.

Some very hefty buys today. Long may it continue.

08:39 - 10/09 Buy 350000 62.40p £218,400.00
08:35 - 10/09 Buy 350000 62.40p £218,400.00
09:52 - 10/09 Buy 330000 64.00p £211,200.00
10:20 - 10/09 Buy 300732 65.00p £195,475.80
15:53 - 10/09 Buy 140000 65.00p £91,000.00

The SP today was certainly a lot less volatile than of late - and it stayed out of the red virtually all day. It may mean nothing. Then again...

3 x 'buy' broker ratings reiterated today too.

Ask the London Stock Exchange. I'm sure they'll give you a sympathetic hearing.

One of the 4 million trades is now showing on the London Stock Exchange site as "cancelled". Given they were both exactly the same amount at the same time, presumably it was just the one transaction - that's now cancelled. Not sure what might have given rise to the cancellation though. Several other transactions are also showing as "cancelled".

This probably accounts for today's rise. Let's hope they get the big one too.

"Bab**** has been awarded a six-and-a-half-year contract from the Ministry of Defence (MOD) to provide repair and maintenance to small boats used by the Royal Navy, Royal Marines and the MOD Police."

https://www.bab****international.com/news/bab****-secures-six-and-a-half-year-small-boat-support-contract/

Both were off-book trades. Could be late reported buys.