If Bt has bought back 2million 5 thousand shares to day. How come it shows on trades as a sell?

Waiting for a dip.

have just looked at MAM bar chart.price appears to have made a spike high at 210.65 and closed below its opening price of 203.8.
to me that reads very bearish.unfortunately(or fortunately maybe) i am not convinced that the spike high is accurate data.
regards
jkd

jkd - the 12 month high is/was 204.80. Unfortunately MAM charts are full of false spikes.

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Ex-divi on 10th Aug '11 (5p)

i'm still holding and hanging in there. but only just.
close shave yesterday but i got away with it, or did i?
i followed and am following my plan. the next day or so or week or so
will tell.
good luck
regards
jkd

Wish I had bought at 188.3p. Tried to squeeze the sp a little lower. Hope to be in soon for the divi .

First Quarter Results.

Key points:



DSL broadband net additions were 251,000 in the quarter, of which BT's retail share was 141,000, or 56%

Our copper line base grew for the third consecutive quarter

BT Global Services' order intake was 1.6bn in the quarter

First quarter results add to our confidence in delivering our outlook

I've been a long time holder of BT.A
Wish I'd just put my money under the mattress. Apart from a couple of nice dividends my investment has just tread water...

Telegraph has an article about them today:
Demand for super-fast broadband drives BT profits

Skinny, are you still trading this? Can't decide where the current high should be. Maybe 204p, but divi coming up, so sp may push somewhere higher than that.

Still here Harry - I guess today it may be getting a small boost from VOD.

Sold....got nervous and took profit. Will buy back in at c190p, hopefully before divi.

I think you have every chance!

All we need now is for the yanks to pull the rabbit out of the hat and deliver a budget / debt settlement and these will be at 210 before you can blink.

Harry - have you bought back in? I've bought @188 also got filled on some VOD @164 - time will tell.

Yes, bought a hefty slice at 198p. Was worried about being out before divi, so took the plunge. Sadly a liitle early! But this hasn't been nearly as badly hit as many other more speculative stocks.

the weekly bar or candle chart might be worth taking a look at for those interested in such things. its only developing and not yet complete or confirmed .just my opinion and please be sure to do your own research and draw your own conclusions.
good luck and regards
jkd

StockMarketWire.com
BT will be the company most affected by Ofcom's decision that rollover contracts, which tie landline and broadband customers into repeated minimum contract periods unless they opt out, will be banned from December this year.

The contracts, also known as Automatically Renewable Contracts (ARCs), roll forward to a new minimum contract period - with penalties for leaving - unless the customer actively opts out of the renewal. The ban will apply to ARCs for landline and broadband services sold to residential and small business customers.

BT is the largest communications provider currently offering these contracts and Ofcom estimates that approximately 15% of UK residential consumers are on rollover contracts. Other residential providers include Adept Telecom, Axis Telecom, Eze Talk and iTalk, while TalkTalk Business, Titan Telecoms, and Optimum Calls offer ARCs to business users.

RESULTS FOR THE SECOND QUARTER AND HALF YEAR

Summarised:

StockMarketWire.com
BT increased cash flow, profits and underlying revenue in the three months to the end of September.

BT said this progress had been supplemented with positive operational performances in most of its businesses and it achieved a market leading 63% share of broadband net additions and another quarter of growth in fixed lines.

Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation rose by 3% to 1,495m for the quarter and by 3% to 2,931m for the first six months.

Adjusted pre-tax profits were up 15% in the quarter at 570m and by 17% in the first half to 1,103m.

The interim dividend is up 8% at 2.6p.

CEO Ian Livingston said: ""We expect to continue to offset the economic headwinds through improved customer service and processes, better efficiency, and investment in the future of the business.

"This strategy and our financial results allow us to invest when others are merely talking about it.

"We are accelerating our fibre roll-out programme to cover two-thirds of the UK by the end of 2014 - one year earlier than planned and creating 520 new jobs.

"With the already announced government support, we believe there is the potential for fibre-based services to reach more than 90% of the UK within a few years thereafter.

"We are also investing across the world and have announced a programme to double our business in key Latin American countries in addition to our expansion in the Asia Pacific region announced last year."