Phil Elliott
14:02 (BST)
23/11/2007
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Stock Report: November 23
SCi records a 25 per cent fall across the week on price point concerns
With most games now released in time for the busy Christmas period, it's a crucial time for the various publishers - although share prices have generally fallen across the board as the markets continue to suffer from the US subprime mortgage fallout.
The only company to buck that trend in the past week was Microsoft, who saw it's price rise by 2.6 per cent, while Konami, Midway Sony and Ubisoft were the least affected shares falling by less than 3 per cent each.
But the headline movement in the past week was for SCi, which saw its price drop by 25 per cent off the back of concern over price points and a lack of new information over a potential takeover - despite a higher volume of sales.
The price movements between November 16 and November 23 (at time of writing) for twelve of the key listed publishers are as follows:
| Microsoft | 33.32 - 34.19 | +2.6% |
|---|---|---|
| Konami | 29.52 - 28.87 | -2.2% |
| Midway | 2.65 - 2.59 | -2.3% |
| Sony | 50.01 - 48.71 | -2.6% |
| Ubisoft | 54.10 - 52.68 | -2.6% |
| Take-Two | 15.35 - 14.85 | -3.3% |
| EA | 56.26 - 53.81 | -4.4% |
| Nintendo | 583.42 - 555.68 | -4.8% |
| THQ | 26.40 - 24.93 | -5.7% |
| Activision | 20.27 - 18.92 | -6.7% |
| Sega | 14.26 - 12.89 | -9.6% |
| SCi | 333.00 - 249.75 | -25% |
Please note that stock prices on differing markets may be influenced by separate local events, and shouldn't necessarily be compared like for like. This list is not a ranking of total market valuation; selected stocks only.
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