Marks And Spencer Share Discussion Threads

[steveo18] 10/4/2017 10:04

MKS food sales storming ahead imho

[boraki] 10/4/2017 09:40

Shares up 6p as we speak.

Maybe shorts are re-thinking their strategy.

[qantas] 10/4/2017 07:08

No they are not investors as they don't own the stock and are gambling on the difference tax free.

[andyadvfn1] 10/4/2017 06:35

Is it appropriate to describe to shorters as investors?

[miikke] 10/4/2017 04:27

Shorters are often sophisticated investors who presumably have considered the risks that shorting involves- in these circumstances should long term investors be worried about this?

[miikke] 10/4/2017 04:22

Shorters are often sophisticated investors who presumably have considered the risks that shorting involves- in these circumstances should long term investors be worried about this?

[qantas] 08/4/2017 09:43

MKS DXB

The Global reach of BA must have helped will this.

hxxp://www.timeoutdubai.com/aroundtown/news/76339-marks-spencer-to-open-first-standalone-dubai-store


It’s finally happened, and we just can. Not. Wait. Classic English retail giant M&S will be opening its very first standalone food store in Dubai Marina Mall, in just a few short months.

[qantas] 07/4/2017 09:11

MKS Shorts now at 7.37% 119,742,442 shares.

hxxp://shorttracker.co.uk/company/GB0031274896/all

Betting Against U.K. Retailers Hits 2-Year High Amid Brexit Jitters
06/04/2017 12:45pm
Dow Jones News

Marks & Spencer (LSE:MKS)
Intraday Stock Chart

Today : Friday 7 April 2017

By Philip Waller



LONDON--Betting against U.K. retail stocks has hit a two-year high as investors fret about the potential impact on the sector of a "hard Brexit", a study released Thursday showed.

Grocers including Ocado Group PLC (OCDO.LN), Wm Morrison Supermarkets PLC (MRW.LN) and J Sainsbury PLC (SBRY.LN) hold the top three places respectively in a list of the most-heavily shorted stocks in the sector compiled by research group IHS Markit.

Marks & Spencer Group PLC (MKS.LN), Halfords Group PLC (HFD.LN), Sports Direct International PLC (SPD.LN) and Pets at Home Group PLC (PETS.LN) have also been targets of short-selling, in which investors bet on a downward movement in shares by borrowing and selling them in the hope of buying them back at a profit later.

Online grocer Ocado is also the third most-shorted stock in the FTSE350 Index as a whole, with more than 15% of its shares out on loan.

Investors keen to hedge against uncertainty caused by the U.K.'s vote to leave the EU have been shorting UK stocks with a heavy domestic revenue profile since the middle of last year, IHS Markit said.

Shorting of retailers, many of which get most or all of their earnings from the U.K. market, has surged in the last few weeks as Britain has triggered Article 50, the EU's mechanism by which an existing member leaves the bloc.

The bets now represent 3.3% of the total shares of the 43 retailers in IHS Markit's study, the highest average for the sector in more than two years.

IHS Markit analyst Simon Colvin said a growing number of disputes related to the U.K.'s EU exit, such as last week's row over the sovereignty of British overseas territory Gibraltar, risks a so-called "hard Brexit", in which the U.K. would quit the EU without a trade deal after the official two-year negotiating period.

"Such an outcome could leave retailers paying more for imported goods, owing to both tariffs and a falling pound, while potentially limiting their access to the foreign staff who play an important role in the U.K.'s service industry," Mr Colvin said.

While supermarkets have been shorted for a while due to competition from discounters, more bearish sentiment towards clothing and sport goods retailers in the last few weeks indicates the market is steeling itself for a slowdown in non-essential spending, he added.

Short interest in M&S has more than doubled in the year to date to 9% of shares outstanding, while shorting of Sports Direct and Pets at Home has climbed by more than a third since the start of the year.



Write to Philip Waller at [e-mail]



(END) Dow Jones Newswires

April 06, 2017 07:30 ET (11:30 GMT)
Copyright (c) 2017 Dow Jones & Company, Inc.

Please do your own research.

[boraki] 06/4/2017 10:33

Price seems to be trying to recover.

We seem to have a bot buying 960 blocks

[philanderer] 05/4/2017 23:49

How M&S starts planning its Christmas campaign 15 months ahead


Read more at

[boraki] 05/4/2017 21:47

According to my calculations, Q4 trading update should be next Thursday, 13th April.

This is 91 days since the last one, and this corresponds with the same time frame as last year. DYOR




Watch the share price leading up to this to see if information starts to leak.

[boraki] 05/4/2017 16:35

I suspect it could be a bit later due to 53 week trading accounts

Don't ask me, I'm not an accountant ?




:-)

[qantas] 05/4/2017 16:27

We may get a trading update soon.
Last year it was the 7th April 2016.

[boraki] 05/4/2017 14:59

Don't worry Marks & Spencer Group PLC Q4 Trading Statement only a matter of a few days away.

Unless the shorts have inside information, then they could be caught very short indeed :-)

[philanderer] 05/4/2017 13:38

Shorts still adding today looking at the share price action.

[boraki] 05/4/2017 09:48

Very interesting Quantas

[qantas] 04/4/2017 18:34

Shorts going up 7.18% or 116,655,459 shares to buy back

hxxp://shorttracker.co.uk/company/GB0031274896/all




Last Signal: BUY
Last Pattern: BULLISH STOP LOSS

Signal Update
Our system’s recommendation today is to BUY. The BULLISH STOP LOSS pattern finally received a confirmation because the prices crossed above the Stop Loss level which was at 335.5000, and our valid average buying price stands now at 337.8000. The previous SELL signal was issued on 30/03/2017, 5 days ago, when the stock price was 331.6000. Since then MKS.L has risen by +1.87%.

A rally after a bear setup can occasionally turn into an explosive long trade. We may be on the verge of catching one of them. There is now a strong positive sentiment in the market despite the absence of a bullish pattern. The bullish stop loss is finally confirmed and a BUY signal is generated. Market wants to reward the bulls. It may be now the right time to be part of this boost and bullish market sentiment by joining the growing bullish crowd.

Please do your own research.

[philanderer] 03/4/2017 23:13

Good write up..


'Let’s Check Out The Marks and Spencer Gluten Free Range'


Read more at

[philanderer] 03/4/2017 23:05

They're delayed reported 'negotiated trades' from earlier during the day except for the 16:29:58 'AT trade' which took place seconds before the close.

[boraki] 03/4/2017 18:41

There seems to have been a lot of after hours trades today.


Trade Time

Price

Quantity

Bid

Offer

Buy / Sell*

Deal Value (£)

Trade Type

2017-04-03 17:06:23 335.52 41,381 336.40 336.90 Sell 138,840 NT
2017-04-03 17:06:22 335.52 16,098 336.40 336.90 Sell 54,012 NT
2017-04-03 17:01:39 335.54 3,577 336.40 336.90 Sell 12,002 NT
2017-04-03 17:01:39 335.46 59,390 336.40 336.90 Sell 199,229 NT
2017-04-03 17:01:27 336.59 8,190 336.40 336.90 Sell 27,567 NT
2017-04-03 16:59:51 336.59 10,139 336.40 336.90 Sell 34,127 NT
2017-04-03 16:58:42 336.74 5,744 336.40 336.90 Buy 19,342 NT
2017-04-03 16:58:42 336.72 1,072 336.40 336.90 Buy 3,610 NT
2017-04-03 16:58:42 336.74 6,100 336.40 336.90 Buy 20,541 NT
2017-04-03 16:58:38 336.58 26,390 336.40 336.90 Sell 88,824 NT
2017-04-03 16:58:38 336.21 19,145 336.40 336.90 Sell 64,368 NT
2017-04-03 16:58:38 336.23 102,242 336.40 336.90 Sell 343,765 NT
2017-04-03 16:58:38 336.23 95,816 336.40 336.90 Sell 322,160 NT
2017-04-03 16:58:38 335.72 44,962 336.40 336.90 Sell 150,947 NT
2017-04-03 16:58:38 335.62 3,372 336.40 336.90 Sell 11,317 NT
2017-04-03 16:58:19 336.35 83,239 336.40 336.90 Sell 279,978 NT
2017-04-03 16:58:19 336.35 65,215 336.40 336.90 Sell 219,353 NT
2017-04-03 16:58:19 336.35 5,765 336.40 336.90 Sell 19,391 NT
2017-04-03 16:58:19 336.35 39,807 336.40 336.90 Sell 133,892 NT
2017-04-03 16:51:34 336.74 1,394 336.40 336.70 Buy 4,694 NT
2017-04-03 16:51:24 336.92 968 336.40 336.70 Buy 3,261 NT
2017-04-03 16:50:41 336.23 3,728 336.40 336.70 Sell 12,535 NT
2017-04-03 16:50:41 335.73 1,377 336.40 336.70 Sell 4,623 NT
2017-04-03 16:50:41 336.20 6,612 336.40 336.70 Sell 22,230 NT
2017-04-03 16:50:41 336.21 3,964 336.40 336.70 Sell 13,327 NT
2017-04-03 16:50:41 336.20 13,312 336.40 336.70 Sell 44,755 NT
2017-04-03 16:44:23 336.26 1,300 336.40 336.70 Sell 4,371 NT
2017-04-03 16:42:32 337.90 2,006,200 336.40 336.70 Buy 6,778,950 NT
2017-04-03 16:39:59 336.33 18,652 336.40 336.70 Sell 62,733 NT
2017-04-03 16:39:59 336.40 50,065 336.40 336.70 Sell 168,418 NT
2017-04-03 16:35:27 336.70 13,100 336.40 336.80 Buy 44,108 NT
2017-04-03 16:35:27 336.70 1,486,785 370.50 303.30 Sell 5,006,005 UT
2017-04-03 16:29:58 336.90 58 336.90 337.10 Sell 195 AT

Anyone got any views on these trades?

These are not all the same as the advfn ones, however, I could not copy and paste those.

[boraki] 03/4/2017 16:22

Yiiiikkeees, surely this is not going to end up positive, because it surely is trying too....

[boraki] 03/4/2017 15:49

The final results come out on May 24th for anyone who is interested

[boraki] 03/4/2017 15:47

I do not think there ever is, however, if you look back on news you will see it each year.

Last year was the 7th and the year before was ,,, I think the 4th.,,,,,,,, (Nope it was the 2nd...)

P.s. I suspect Steve Rowe, will want to give an upbeat assessment, because of his first year in the job.

Have a look at the trades the few days before and after,,,, :-)