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Now 18.8p, up from 16.5p.

This is not unusual for an AIM growth play. Awaiting Simon Thompson's advice as he follows this share, but the usual rules about not over-reading figures for a growth company apply. The software is gaining popularity.

I'd say this is a perfectly fine buy in price. Barclays reckon the share is heading to £27, but even if it doesn't, I use RDSB as a foundation for investing, to reduce my risk and the dividends are enough to make up for inflation and my trading fees on other shares. It's a solid and well-run company, with an indubitably robust dividend and plenty of ideas for its future. It really depends on your investment preferences, but if you're also picking up higher risk growth stocks, RDSB is an excellent backstop to any portfolio IMHO.

Having looked at the trades, I see it now. The price surged and had already priced in the good results. The dip today was just profit taking. Price is still well up this year, this is just profit taking correcting a spike as you'd expect.

Fantastic RNS, as expected. Should be a nice re-rate up on the cards, around 18p once the news gets around. Expecting Simon Thompson to comment soon as he's back from holiday and recently commenced coverage of LRM.

Positive results today, why the stock price dip?

FYI in a comments section beneath one of his recent articles he reiterated his Buy stance again, at a higher price than now.

Not surprising given the sharp spike this afternoon thanks to the positive RNS. LSE is trying to work out buys and sells from prices, it often gets it wrong during turbulence.

Sounding very bullish. Glad to hold.

Still going! Shares are ludicrously cheap, but doesn't help potential buyers to see a 3.85% spread. I can only assume the market makers don't want to trade right now, or the share is so undervalued that they think they'll get away with this.

Anyone know why Google Finance shows 6.86m trade at 13:36 but LSE doesn't?

Ouch - I wanted to top up this morning, but not with that spread! What's going on, MMs?

So, that low one was just an Uncrossed Trade. But oddly, several Ordinary Trades are showing after that, all well past closing bell. 4 trades between 16:52 and 16:54 back in the normal daily range.

Whoah, what was that about?!

Lovely late surge to end the week. Have a pleasant one, all.

Thank you baz, very informative post. I note Shell continues to invest in limited shale too, as well as LNG and all the various chemical plays, so even if OPEC proves to be as ineffectual as some are suggesting, Shell itself is being increasingly geared to cope.

Excellent piece from Malcolm Graham Wood yesterday (my favourite analyst for oil): http://www.iii.co.uk/articles/410586/oil-man%3A-amerisur-sound-energy-shell-and-ithaca

I know, it's just one I come back to. Do you think 30-40 dollar bbl oil is now sustainable for the US shale producers?

http://oilprice.com/Energy/Oil-Prices/Why-50-Oil-Is-Here-To-Stay.html Nice article saying that shale producers oversupply can't just push the price down and down, because shale production has a high capex and opex that requires a higher oil price. Nothing new here but well put in the article. It suggests that $50 oil is here to stay (today's dip is still close to $50) and we simply won't see the nightmare visions of $30/40 barrels that some sector doomsayers are predicting. Given this, Shell is very profitable at $50 a barrel, as well as diversifying and cutting costs. This is a terrific share to hold, even without the famous and robust dividend. I treat RDSB stock like Warren Buffett treats Coca Cola stock - any other stock I consider has to be better than RDSB, or else I'll simply buy more of this.

The price is fast to move down on fears over supply glut suppressing prices, but all the while Shell has been cutting costs, diversifying and preparing for cheap oil. Seems like the market is overreacting by applying a sector discount to a company that is laser-focused on mitigating the very problem behind that discount. I have much more faith in Ben Van Beurden & co to continue transforming the company than I do in OPEC's ability to control the price of Brent crude. We suffer from public perception of Shell as 'an oil company', which is reductionist and increasingly so.