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Brexit boost for AIM share trading
  • 15 Aug 16
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Brexit boost for AIM share trading

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James Valentine

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An extract from Northland's AIM Jounal, August

Companies: AMO, AGL, GHE, MTFB, SOM, STR


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Each month, Northland Capital Partners publishes the Aim Journal, a 12 page report looking at the most successful growth market in the world, the FTSE All-Share-Index (AIM). It explores current themes, news, as well as exploring the current performance of a selection of constituent companies.


This month's edition looks at Brexit, AIM success stories, and focuses on current perforamnce of PhotonStar LED, Somero Enterprises, Gresham House, Victoria powers, Motif Bio, Angle PLC, Amino Technologies, and Stride Gaming.


Here is an extract from the report focusing on the increased trading activity on the AIM market after Brexit.


New entrants may have been made more cautious about joining AIM but the vote to leave the EU sparked an upturn in trading levels on the junior market.


Trading on AIM has increased following the EU referendum, having reached the peak for the year on the day after the vote. June and July are normally quieter months in terms of trading but trading levels remain higher than they generally are at this time of year. 


On 24 June, there were 37,688 trades, which is the highest figure in the past two years. There were 35,785 trades on the following Monday, which is nearly as high as the previous year’s peak of 36,205 on 9 April 2015. To put this in perspective, the number of trades on 23 June was 23,361.


The average number of daily trades during June was 22,904. The average number of trades for the last five days of June was 32,510 a day. The July average was 24,439 a day and this compares with 22,985 trades a day on average in March – the spring can tend to be the peak trading period in most years.


The table below compares average daily trades in June and July for past years with the averages for the whole year. Trading levels were strong in the summer of 2014 and that is the only one of the past six years where June average daily trades are higher than the average for the year. The peak for 2014, was 50,986 trades on 5 June. Otherwise, the annual averages are higher than those for June and July. This year is the  rst time when both June and July are higher than the average for the whole year – although it is only part of the year in 2016.


The number of companies on AIM has declined from 1,293 to 1,010 since the end of 2009. This means that the number of trades per company has risen sharply, although trades are still dominated by a small number of the larger companies.


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Online fashion retailer ASOS accounted for one-fifth of the trading volume and just under 15% of trades in July, which was slightly lower than levels in June. This reflects the strong liquidity in the shares, making them more readily tradeable than many much smaller AIM companies.


Trading values are nowhere near their previous peaks. On 24 June there was £169.5bn-worth of shares traded and this was surpassed on 23 July with a traded daily value of £183.7bn. The average for the year so far is £114.3m.


There are normally between 2,000 and 3,000 monthly trades in recruitment and training company Staffline but this rose to 3,192 in June and 5,954 in July. This reflects concerns about the company’s reliance on free movement in the EU. Although there was a sharp share price fall, there was a subsequent recovery following strong trading news.


The support services sub-sector accounted for 4% of AIM trades in July compared with just over 3% in May. The healthcare sector accounted for 12% of July trades, up from 11% in May. There was a move to healthcare and pharma companies in recent weeks because of their overseas earnings.


More surprisingly, the mining sub-sector increased its share of AIM trades from 9% in May to 10.5% in July. The average for the year as a whole is 8%.


Market Performance, Indices and Statistics


The FTSE AIM All Share index has risen by 4% since the day before the EU referendum. After the two most active days of trading the index was 7% lower, so this represents a strong recovery since then, and it is still based on significant trading volumes and not on limited liquidity.


It may be difficult to maintain this level of liquidity during August but it will be interesting to observe how well it does hold up. There are signs of new entrants braving a flotation on AIM, including Italy-based PR firm SEC and Franchise Brands (see page 2).


The outlook for AIM shares remains uncertain. Many companies have not been hampered by the apparent lack of con dence in the UK economy, while others are more cautious although that caution may be overdone.


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The information contained within this post is based on personal experience and opinion and should not be considered as a recommendation to trade nor financial advice.

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