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Looks like ALY shares are in limbo until the deadline expires for Flacks to make an offer (25 March). Is it mere coincidence that the bid price for this share (2.76p) is now pretty much the same figure as Flacks mentions in his outline for a possible bid (2.748p)? Hopefully, next week we might have a bit more clarity as to what is (or is not) happening.

£20 million single buy yesterday. Looks like institutional investors are adding.

Oh well, no news is good news, in this case. Looks like a big sell probably skewed yesterday's price.

Not sure what's going on. Even the Flacks mooted offer is higher than the current bid price. Clearly there is some news out there affecting ALY - and it isn't good.

Whatever the accuracy or otherwise of the Telegraph story, it will spook a lot of investors. I don't think tomorrow's opening price is going to be pretty. Brace yourselves.

nomlungu - Uncrossing trade (UT) is not an a real buy or a real sell. UT is just something the market uses to tidy up the numbers at the end of the trading day. In other words, it can generally be ignored.

The results were good, so the rise is justified.

If, as mooted, MRO sell one or two GKN divisions (Powder Metallurgy or Wheels & Structures), the sp will rocket. It's only a matter of time.

Looks like the bounce was taking the scenic route.

A month is more than long enough to look at the books, especially if you're good with numbers (which sort of goes with the territory for a good CFO). No one is expecting an overnight miracle from CPI. It does, however, have a good turnaround strategy which it has already demonstrated it can deliver.

The recent unsolicited approach by Corporate Travel Management to buy CPI's travel arm (valued by Bloomberg at £200 million) could further accelerate CPI's debt pay down.

The DEB sp remains static and the market knows why. The magical mystical MA bid fails to materialize for another day (as it has for the last 18 months). Smartie2, having performed a 180 degree flip on DEB (and with astounding brass neck) continues to goad and bluster all day, while Pearls perseveres in chasing the pot of gold at the end of the DEB rainbow. Meanwhile, fundamentally, nothing has changed.

Shorts in CPI are now down to 3.7% (from a high of 8.32% in May 18). I can see shorts falling further after today's results. CPI is around 65% owned by institutional investors. Given the long-term growth potential of this share, not only can I see them not selling, but I think they will be adding more.

The magical mystical MA bid seems elusive as ever (as reflected in today's closing price). If you do fancy a punt, just make sure you have a stop loss in place - it saved my bacon on DEB.

No gamble here. I bought in Feb 18 during the CPI crash (and took up the rights issue). In fact, CPI was the first share I ever bought. Since then, I've seen it go up to 170p and down to 100p. I doubt the results will be 'very good', just in line with expectations. This appears to be reflected in today's closing price and the two 'hold' broker ratings which came out today. I'm intending to hold for at least another 5 years, so I'm in for the long haul.

Given the higher than expected profits, I was hoping for a better bounce today.

Not sure why people are so wary about the split. Research demonstrates that spun-off companies tend to outperform their former owner by more than 20% over the first three years following the demerger.

This is an interesting development. I wondered why the sp shot up at the beginning of the month and today. Coming less than 2 days before CPI is due to announce its final results, it throws an unexpected element into the mix. That said, it sounds positive and is wholly consistent with CPI's plan to simplify the business, while paying down debt.

"London, March 12

Capita plc (Capita) confirms that, following media speculation, several weeks ago Capita received an unsolicited offer for its travel businesses from Corporate Travel Management Limited (CTM).

Given the stage of discussions, which are ongoing, there is no certainty that the disposal will complete or of the transaction consideration.

Further announcements will be made if appropriate."

The market is clearly leaning toward a share dilution, rather than an audacious MA bid.

The market is pricing in a bid, it's just a very low one - or no bid at all.

Yeah, lets blame LGBT for Kier's incompetence (eye roll). Plenty of big companies have a very enlightened LGBT policy and still manage to turn a hefty profit - and keep their books in order.- BP being a case in point.

"After an eventful 2018, mid-cap outsourcing group Capita PLC (LON:CPI) should deliver results in line with consensus, although analysts at UBS expect 2019 to also be challenging.

The Swiss bank’s analysts expect the FTSE 250-listed firm to post full-year adjusted pre-tax profit of £255mln, at the low-end of the guidance range of £250mln-£275mln.

They will be looking for an update on Capita’s progress with cost savings, believing the company is well on track for £70mln savings this year and £175mln in total by full-year 2020, as well as on challenging contracts, and reinvestment plans.

The UBS analysts expect 2019 to represent another year of declining organic growth and further cash burn but still anticipate Capita reiterating its 2020 target of £200mln in adjusted free cashflow."

https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/market_reports/216096/shifting-supermarket-landscape-the-focus-with-first-half-results-from-morrison-s-216096.html

Given the sheer ineptitude Kier displayed while recently upgrading a section of the A30, I am totally unsurprised they are in trouble. The project (dualling a 2.8 mile section of road and building 3 overbridges) was planned to take 2 years. It ended up taking 3.5 years (even then, they remained on site for months afterwards while they fannied around fixing their own mistakes). I know because I had to drive through their roadworks twice a day. I feel sorry for investors, but this company can go to hell as far as I'm concerned.