I came back to this thread late this evening and apologise for not clarifying one point earlier. The 100,000 trade at 9.51am was mine,a Comdirect internet buy at 9.675p as my contract note confirms. The maximum trade size on offer was 250,000 then, reducing to 50,000 shortly afterwards.
It was shown as an unknown transaction but was definately a buy, as I assume were all the other transactions in the 9.675 to 9.75p range. The temporary drop afterwards seemed inconsistent.
Haystack is a poster I have taken an interest in for several years, and from whom I have received good impartial advice on several occasions. He can sometimes be a bit like a dog worrying a bone, and I certainly wouldn't like him to sink his teeth into my calf. His view of the Eurodis price trend may be correct.
I bought because I thought the risk/reward ratio was favourable, being comforted by year end tips for other distribution companies, Peter Webb and others taking up more shares at 20p just three or four months ago, and that forecasts of sustainable increases in distribution business may, finally, about to be realised.
My 9.675p is at risk, but the potential upside is considerably more.