UK 05:51 Tuesday, 6 October 2026
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On Friday, midway through the morning session, market makers suddenly marked down the Bid for Sefton Resources (SER) to 0.04p. They did this on what appeared to be a relatively light volume day and with no official news from the company. The Ask was left at 0.06p, leaving Sefton’s share price with a massive 50% spread. This price strongly suggested the market wanted to discourage sellers. A possible (probable?) explanation for this was that there was a major seller in the background. After this morning’s news from the company, it shouldn’t take much effort for the FCA to confirm whether or not anything untoward happened. And so...
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Comments
DUCK AND DIVE
Good luck, Ben but as you are well aware, this kind of market abuse happens all the time – without any sign that the regulators are bothered by it.
Anyway, I must be the only person who thought that today’s RNS was good news for Sefton’s PIs.