VSA Capital (LON: VSA) finance director Galin Ganchev bought an initial 32,833 shares at 3p each. The share price jumped 35% to 3.375p.
S-Ventures (LON: SVEN) is raising up to £2m at 3.5p/share and invest in HDL, a drone technology business. HDL is developing hybrid unmanned aerial vehicles and intends to raise cash from investors to finance progress. S-Ventures will invest up to £1.5m and could take a board position. The share price rebounded 29% to 1p
Hot Rocks Investments (LON: HRIP), unchanged at 1.695p, has reduced its stake in Mendell Helium (LON: MDH) from 6.5% to 4.69%, but the share price rose 11.8% to 4.75p.
Patrick Chophard and Oliver Murphy have stepped down from the Ethtry (LON: ETHY) board and Steve Winfield has returned as an executive director. Ethtry says it plans to “concentrate on building a scalable platform at the intersection of digital infrastructure and next-generation computing, with particular emphasis on opportunities across data centre infrastructure, artificial intelligence and emerging quantum technologies”. There is also an Ethereum treasury policy. The share price increased 3.57% to 0.145p.
FALLERS
Investors were disappointed with drilling news from Wishbone Gold (LON: WSBN) concerning Red Setter project in Western Australia, which is near to the Telfer mine. The share price slumped 54.9% to 30p.
The Probiotix Health (LON: PBX) share price slipped 25.8% to 5.75p ahead of sull year results on 30 March.
Stack BTC (LON: STAK) raised £1.9m at 10p/share, including £94,700 from a retail offer. The cash will be used to fund acquisitions and purchase of Bitcoin. AlbR has been appointed as joint corporate broker. The share price dropped 21.2% to 9.75p.
Sulnox Group (LON: SNOX) says results of an independent laboratory evaluation of Sulnox Eco™ confirmed full compatibility across all fuels tested and showed performance benefits. The share price slid 11.35 to 47p.
Astrid Intelligence (LON: ASTR) has £500,000 of Subnet 71 tokens. The share price declined 10.3% to 0.1525p.
Mustapha and Maya El Khalil have a 7.46% shareholding in Ace Liberty and Stone (LON: ALSP). The share price fell 6.67% to 35p.
B HODL (LON: HODL) has bought one Bitcoin for £53,363. The total holding is 163.487 Bitcoin at an average cost of £82,319 each. The share price slipped 3.23% to 7.5p.
Brewer Shepherd Neame (LON: SHEP) reported flat interim revenues and pre-tax profit of £84.7m and £4.2m respectively. Net debt is £84.7m and a £1m share buyback is planned. The dividend has been raised 3% to 4.5p/share. NAV is 1234p/share. Pubs traded strongly and that offset lower brewing volumes, which fell 6.6% representing a slowdown in the rate of decline. Over 37 weeks the like-for-like growth in retail pub sales it 4.4%, while tenanted pubs are 3% ahead over 35 weeks. Panmure Liberum forecasts a full year pre-tax profit of £7.7m, rising to £8.4m next year. The share price dipped 0.89% to 445p.