This is VERY odd. Volume traded one day just before the interims was over 2.5million and the price barely twitched. Yesterday the Price drops 16% with a 268,000 volume just over twice the years daily average of 97,000 shares.
The daily volumes on this share are very low as a percentage of issued shares. I find this scale of drop most unusual especially in a short session yesterday, just before a long holiday.
Interims were on 23/11/05 and volume was 8 times normal which gave a price rise of 3.5 % up.
Interims Close Change Volume
17/11/2005 292.50 103,970 Normal
18/11/2005 292.50 0.00% 2,507,059 V High
21/11/2005 293.50 0.34% 92,033 Normal
22/11/2005 295.00 0.51% 403,540 High
23/11/2005 305.50 3.56% 824,154 V High
24/11/2005 305.50 0.00% 114,107 Normal
25/11/2005 301.00 -1.47% 50,281 Normal
28/11/2005 301.00 0.00% 5,475 Normal
29/11/2005 297.50 -1.16% 12,816 Normal
30/11/2005 297.50 0.00% 22,599 Normal
01/12/2005 297.50 0.00% 193,946 Normal
02/12/2005 297.50 0.00% 17,684 Normal
05/12/2005 287.50 -3.36% 23,604 Normal
06/12/2005 288.00 0.17% 40,977 Normal
07/12/2005 282.00 -2.08% 29,412 Normal
08/12/2005 278.00 -1.42% 20,755 Normal
09/12/2005 270.00 -2.88% 44,169 Normal
12/12/2005 273.25 1.20% 616,274 V High
13/12/2005 275.50 0.82% 36,714 Normal
14/12/2005 280.00 1.63% 19,113 Normal
15/12/2005 280.50 0.18% 9,450 Normal
16/12/2005 288.00 2.67% 10,510 Normal
19/12/2005 310.00 7.64% 216,858 High
20/12/2005 300.00 -3.23% 124,339 Normal
21/12/2005 298.50 -0.50% 17,071 Normal
22/12/2005 296.00 -0.84% 64,470 Normal
23/12/2005 247.50 -16.39% 268,034 High
Average Shares Volume based on 2005 data
Volume Issued Traded
97,931 30,299,640 0.32%