October 2020: AIM arrivals, departures, IHT qualifiers ...and another Covid tester
Despite the challenging market, October was another encouraging month for newcomers on AIM, with three genuine new arrivals, including another Covid-19 testing group seeking to take advantage of the supportive environment for healthcare companies.
At the end of October 2020 there were 821 companies on AIM, with the total market value £107bn. This compares to 822 companies at the end of September 2020 when AIM’s market value was also £107bn. There were three genuine new arrivals in the month and four departures. October closed with nineteen AIM companies valued at more than £1bn, the same as the prior month, although there were a few changes among them with flooring specialist James Halstead (LON:JHD) dropping down to re be replaced by Ceres Power (LON:CWR), which leaped up to 14th place and is the second fuel…