Witan Inv Tst Buys 60,000 In Own Shares
24th Jun 2010 17:02
LONDON (Dow Jones)--Witan Investment Trust Plc (WTAN.LN), announced Thursday it purchased 60,000 ordinary shares of 25 pence each of 431.3072 pence a share. MAIN FACTS: -Following the purchase and the shares are to be cancelled. -Shares closed Thursday at 429.20 pence. -By Zechariah
Read moreWitan Inv Tst Buys 57,500 In Own Shares
22nd Jun 2010 17:10
LONDON (Dow Jones)--Witan Investment Trust Plc (WTAN.LN), announced Tuesday it purchased 57,500 ordinary shares of 25 pence each at a price of 441.0217 pence a share. MAIN FACTS: -The shares are to be cancelled. -Shares at 1608 GMT down 7.90 pence, or 1.77%, at 438 pence. -By Zechari
Read moreWitan Investment Trust Buys Back 50,000 Shares At 447.9P Each
21st Jun 2010 12:18
LONDON (Dow Jones)--Witan Investment Trust PLC (WTAN.LN) said todasy it purchased 50,000 of its own ordinary shares of 25 pence each at a price of 447.8971 pence a share. -Shares at 1117 GMT up 4.80 pence, or 1.09%, at 466.80 pence. -By Iain Packham, Dow Jones Newswires; 44-20-7842-9269; ia
Read moreWitan Investment Trust Buys Back 25,000 Shares
18th Jun 2010 17:13
LONDON (Dow Jones)--Witan Investment Trust PLC (WTAN.LN) said Friday it purchased 25,000 ordinary shares of 25 pence each of the Company was made Friday at a price of 442 pence a share. MAIN FACTS: -Following the purchase and cancellation of the above shares, 197,918,270 ordinary shares of 2
Read moreWitan Investment Trust Buys Back 44,000 Shares At 442.9P
17th Jun 2010 17:11
LONDON (Dow Jones)--Witan Investment Trust PLC (WTAN.LN) said Thursday it has made a market purchase of 44,000 of its ordinary shares at a price of 442.9306 pence a share. MAIN FACTS: -Following the purchase and cancellation of the above shares, 197,943,270 ordinary shares will remain in iss
Read moreWitan Investment Trust Buys Back 50,000 Shares
16th Jun 2010 17:05
LONDON (Dow Jones)--Witan Investment Trust PLC (WTAN.LN) said Wednesday it repurchased 50,000 ordinary shares of 25 pence each at a price of 443.2562 pence a share. -Shares closed Wednesday at 445.0 pence. -By Iain Packham, Dow Jones Newswires; 44-20-7842-9269; [email protected]
Read moreWitan Investment Trust Buys Back 62,000 Shares At 438.9P
11th Jun 2010 17:20
LONDON (Dow Jones)--Witan Investment Trust PLC (WTAN.LN) said Friday that it has made a market purchase of 62,000 of its ordinary shares at a price of 438.8789 pence a share. MAIN FACTS: -Following the purchase and cancellation of the above shares, 198,074,270 ordinary shares will remain in
Read moreWitan Investment Trust Buys Back 47,000 Shares To Cancel
8th Jun 2010 17:10
LONDON (Dow Jones)--Witan Investment Trust PLC (WTAN.LN), said Tuesday that a market purchase of 47,000 ordinary shares of 25 pence each of the company was made Tuesday at a price of 429.2441 pence a share. MAIN FACTS: -Following the purchase and cancellation of the above shares, 198,205,270
Read moreTuesday tips round-up: Witan, Supergroup, DTZ
16th Mar 2010 06:49
Witan is by nature at the more pedestrian end of the investment trust scale ? it will never provide the volatility of a 3i or Candover. Its share buyback policy also means that it never falls to a wide discount to NAV, such as is periodically the case at Alliance Trust, its FTSE 100 peer. But its
Read moreLondon midday: London lethargy lingers
15th Mar 2010 12:10
With the glut of end-2009 results announcements out of the way London looks in the mood to put its feet up and take a rest. In terms of hard news relating to FTSE 100 companies that is restricted to distribution group Bunzl and mining stock Rio Tinto. Distribution and outsourcing group Bunzl has
Read moreLondon open: Footsie drifts lower
15th Mar 2010 08:48
It's a quiet start for Footsie with little company news and buyers again largely sitting on the sidelines. British Telecom and Cable & Wireless are pushing on helping to offset a dull morning for the miners. Xstrata, Vedanta and Kazakhmys are the worst affected. BSkyB is down after Friday's excite
Read moreLondon pre-open: Dull start in store
15th Mar 2010 07:44
London looks set to get the week off to a quiet start with City traders predicting the FTSE 100 will open around 10 points lower than it's closing level on Friday. Investment trust giant Witan’s investment performance beat its benchmark index in 2009 after calling the bottom of the market a month e
Read moreWitan still bullish
15th Mar 2010 07:12
Investment trust giant Witan’s investment performance beat its benchmark index in 2009 after calling the bottom of the market a month early in February. ‘Last year my Chairman's Statement concluded by pointing out that in the past, when equity markets have fallen by more than 20% in any twelve mont
Read moreRensburg man is new Witan Investment Trust chief
7th Jan 2010 16:11
Witan Investment Trust has secured the services of Andrew Bell, Head of Research and Strategy at Rensburg Sheppards in London, as its new chief executive. It's not yet been decided when Bell will leave the fund manager for Witan. He's also a non-executive director of Framlington Innovative Growth
Read morePost merger buying at African Aura
21st Oct 2009 15:31
African Aura Mining Inc's main shareholder and director Guy Pas has increased his stake to 9.38%. He bought 560,250 shares at 61.5p a share on 20 October. African Aura Mining was formed when AIM and TSX Venture Exchange-quoted Mano River Resources merged with TSX Venture Exchange-quoted African A
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