RE: Added some this morning sub 7p29 Apr 2024 13:59
'Axis Capital Markets Limited ("Axis Capital") has subscribed for the shares on behalf of its clients.'
Mostly, but not always. these 'clients' aren't buying the shares for the same reasons as you and I. i.e- they don't give a hoot about the longer term prospects of GCM and simply want to sell their shares at a higher aggregate price than they bought them. In this case they were bought at 6.5p so as long as the buyer is shifting them above 6.5p then they'll be happy.
So far this particular seller appears to have sold several chunks at varying prices but no higher than 8.5p and the largest of those chunks was for 4.5m shares. There have been several more chunks around the 1m plus mark but really not too many from what I've observed. Perhaps 9m shares sold by the seller at a rough average of 7.5p? Crude estimate I agree but that would equate to only £675,000 worth of shares sold.
Of course, you could argue that Axis's client/s may be shifting them in much smaller amounts ie 100,000 at a time too. It's possible but I'm not banking on it .