LONDON, July 3, 2026, 18:09 BST
- London Stock Exchange Group plc (LON:LSEG) ended the session at 8,670p, up 0.72%. The FTSE 100 (INDEXFTSE:UKX) put on 0.2% to finish at 10,679.03.
- LSEG’s voting-rights base came in at 488.3 million as of June 30, down 4.3% from December 31.
- The shares remain 21.1% off their 52-week high, with a big gap to the LSEG analyst consensus target of 12,131p.
- BofA is sticking with its Buy rating this week, pointing to a “resilient” first half that was helped by solid subscription numbers.
London Stock Exchange Group plc (LON:LSEG) climbed for the third day in a row on Friday, up 3.8% since Wednesday’s close. The stock is still trading well below last year’s high, even as the share count drops and capital-markets numbers improve. LSEG finished at 8,670p, up 62p. Trading volume hit 396,514 shares, around a quarter of its 65-day average, according to FactSet and the Wall Street Journal.
London stocks ended higher, though gains lagged other markets. The FTSE 100 finished up 0.2% at 10,679.03. The FTSE 250 added 0.5%, with banks and precious-metals miners supporting that rise, according to Reuters.
| Market read | Latest figure | Why investors care |
|---|---|---|
| LSEG close | 8,670p, +0.72% | Stock up again for a third session, though still off its 2025 peak |
| FTSE 100 close | 10,679.03, +0.2% | LSEG outpaced the index on Thursday |
| LSEG 52-week range | 6,684p–10,990p | Shares ended Friday 21.1% under the year’s high |
| LSEG volume | 396,514 vs 1.63 mln 65-day average | Light trading makes price moves less clear |
The headline figure isn’t the day’s price swing. The key is the denominator. LSEG put its voting shares at 488,308,373 as of June 30 in its latest notice, down from 510,408,075 at December 31 per its capital-structure page. That’s a 4.3% drop in the number of voting shares.
The point is the company’s buying back stock even as analysts say there’s still a big jump between the current price and their targets. LSEG’s May consensus had 16 Buy calls, zero Holds or Sells, with a 12,131p target. That’s about 40% above Friday’s 8,670p close.
| Per-share angle | Source number | Reporter calculation |
|---|---|---|
| Voting rights Dec. 31 | 510.4 mln | — |
| Voting rights June 30 | 488.3 mln | 22.1 mln lower |
| Change in voting rights | — | Down 4.3% |
| Consensus target price | 12,131p | 39.9% above Friday’s close |
| £1 bln buyback at 8,670p | — | About 11.5 mln shares |
LSEG said in April it had bought back £1.1 billion in shares during Q1, picking up 12.8 million shares at an average price of £84.59 each. The company kept its target to return £3 billion from its 2025 results through February 2027. Based on Friday’s close at £86.70, every £1 billion would buy about 11.5 million shares before costs, or around 2.36% of the June 30 voting base.
LSEG CEO David Schwimmer said in April the group had a “great start to 2026 across the board” and was “confident in the outlook” for the year. LSEG posted first-quarter total income excluding recoveries up 9.8% on an organic constant-currency basis. Data & Analytics rose 5.1%, FTSE Russell climbed 8.8%, Risk Intelligence grew 10.5%, and Markets jumped 15.5%. LSEG
Analyst sentiment has improved a bit in the short term. BofA Global Research kept its Buy rating on LSEG as of July 2, seeing the first half as steady thanks to subscriptions, according to MT Newswires via MarketScreener. Data from MarketScreener showed the stock down 3.71% for the year, but shares have climbed 6.92% in the past five days.
LSEG added fuel for bulls this week after its Data & Analytics business posted some strong first-half numbers. Global equity issuance jumped 72% to $568.8 billion, IPOs brought in $170.1 billion, and debt issuance rose 7% to a record $7.1 trillion, according to LSEG’s new data out July 2, cited by Investment Executive. That matters for LSEG as both its Markets segment and analytics rely on activity in trading, issuance and risk.
The shares are working back from losses. They ended Friday up 29.7% from the Feb. 4 low of 6,684p, but are still 21.1% under the 10,990p high from July 8, 2025, per WSJ data and Reuters.
