Mateusz Brzeziński

Mateusz Brzeziński is a financial and technology journalist at Bez-kabli.pl, covering stocks, artificial intelligence, semiconductors and global market developments. He graduated from the Prague University of Economics and Business in the Czech Republic and previously worked in financial analysis before moving into business journalism. His reporting focuses on the companies, technologies and market trends shaping the global economy.

Tesco shares hold ground as buyback helps balance UK grocery slip
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Tesco buyback speeds up as grocery sales lag inflation

Tesco PLC is leaning on its buyback programme to offer support as food retail volumes remain weak. On Wednesday, the company reported it bought 5 million shares on June 30 at an average price of 461.92p. Since April 22, Tesco has repurchased 107.6 million shares for £491.3 million. The group has £258.7 million of the £750 million programme left, equal to about 0.9% of its latest quoted market value. London's quote was closed and at least 15 minutes delayed. Regular LSE hours are 0800 to 1630 BST, Monday to Friday. Hargreaves Lansdown listed Tesco at 460.00p to sell and 460.20p to buy, with 15.9 million shares traded. The FTSE 100 ended 0.2% lower.
July 2, 2026
Trustpilot up 7% after buyback and award figures catch eyes
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Trustpilot up 7% after buyback and award figures catch eyes

Trustpilot shares rose 7% in London trading after investors looked at the latest share buyback and management award numbers. LONDON, July 1, 2026, 23:01 BST Trustpilot Group Plc jumped on Wednesday, but for shareholders, the real takeaway looked to be changes on the share count side and not just the rally. Hargreaves Lansdown had Trustpilot quoted at 277.0p to sell, 279.2p to buy after London closed, up 18.8p, or 7.24%. That’s with the FTSE 250 up 1.38%. HL noted the price was at least 15 minutes old.
July 2, 2026
Anglo American plc (LON:AAL) jumps on Chile copper deal after rocky week
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Anglo American share price: voting-share math faces market before Teck deal

Anglo American plc barely moved by late Wednesday. But traders were watching the share count more than the closing price. Anglo American's July 1 filing showed issued share capital at 1,178,050,272 ordinary shares as of 6 p.m. June 30. The company said there were no shares held in treasury. The filing added that 98,906,534 shares, bought by three independent firms through a 2006 buyback, have given up voting rights.
July 1, 2026
LSEG shares tick higher with buyback deficit shrinking, deal volumes at record even as AI discount lingers
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LSEG shares tick higher with buyback deficit shrinking, deal volumes at record even as AI discount lingers

London Stock Exchange Group plc ended Wednesday up 2.33% at £83.52. The FTSE 100 slipped 0.18% to 10,478.34. London traded on its usual 8:00-16:30 BST schedule and had already closed by the time of this report. The move wasn’t only a one-day pop. Shares ended up within 1.3% of the £84.59 average LSEG paid for the 12.8 million shares it bought back in Q1. That’s a minor marker as LSEG says it aims to hand back £3 billion in buybacks by February 2027.
July 1, 2026
Shearwater Group (LON:SWG) jumps after £25m telco contract tops market cap
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Shearwater Group (LON:SWG) jumps after £25m telco contract tops market cap

Shearwater Group plc jumped 16.2% Wednesday. The AIM-listed cyber-security firm said Brookcourt Solutions got a five-year extension and expansion deal from a UK-based global telecoms firm. Shares finished at 43p after starting at 39.5p and hitting a high of 43.5p. Volume was 284,240. The thing that stands out for investors is the size. The £25 million contract tops Shearwater’s own equity value, even with shares up. At the close, the company’s market cap was £10.25 million. The expected FY26 revenue from the deal alone is put at £12.5 million.
July 1, 2026
RELX PLC (LON:REL) buyback price dips as shares trade well below highs ahead of July results
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RELX PLC (LON:REL) buyback price dips as shares trade well below highs ahead of July results

RELX PLC ticked up 0.38% to 2,375p in London Wednesday. The increase left the stock well off its peak. Shares opened at 2,376p, hit a session high of 2,392p, and dropped to 2,259p at the low. Volume came in at 3.15 million, below the 5.10 million average. The key issue for investors is the price RELX pays for its own stock. The company kicked off a £100 million irrevocable buyback on July 1, running through July 21. That comes after it wrapped up a £200 million buyback on June 26. Both pieces fit into the company’s bigger £2.25 billion plan to 2026, first laid out in February, with all shares bought going into treasury.
July 1, 2026
Jade Road Investments stock rises as thin trading leaves Shaires below split-adjusted raise price
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Jade Road Investments stock rises as thin trading leaves Shaires below split-adjusted raise price

Jade Road Investments Limited, now trading as Shaires Holdings, rose again on Wednesday, but the stronger signal for investors was not the gain. It was the size of the tape. The AIM-listed investment company was last shown at $8.00, up 50 cents, or 6.67%, on delayed LSEG data at 13:50 BST. Volume was 500 shares, after 1,308 shares changed hands on Tuesday, when the stock closed at $7.50. That makes a two-session rise of 14.3% from Monday’s $7.00 close, on fewer than 2,000 shares. At the latest two close/last prices, that is about $13,800 of stock.
July 1, 2026
Everest Global PLC stock: thin trading shows spread and debt issues
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Everest Global PLC stock: thin trading shows spread and debt issues

Everest Global PLC stayed deep in micro-cap range Wednesday, trading with a market cap under its reported cash, though its capital structure doesn’t offer a clear way to play a cash discount. The London Stock Exchange Main Market-listed firm, focused on food and beverage retail and distribution, last traded at 120p, holding flat for the day, according to London South East. Bid sat at 80p, with the ask at 160p, making for a 100% bid spread. The market cap was posted at £464,330. Two trades showed up: one for 579 shares at 80p, another for six shares at 145p, totalling £471.90.
July 1, 2026
Ceres Power (CWR:LON) up 7%, but share sale still £129 mln short
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Ceres Power (CWR:LON) up 7%, but share sale still £129 mln short

Ceres Power Holdings plc climbed 35.30p to 509.50p on Tuesday, up 7.44% and leading Hargreaves Lansdown’s FTSE 250 risers list. The FTSE 250 closed at 23,013.45, off 1.40 points, or 0.01%. The daily climb wasn’t the main issue for holders. The bigger move came after this month’s equity raise. Ceres put the share count at 213.8 million in its latest notice. The stock keeps trading below the 570p price set for the placing, retail and director buyers.
June 30, 2026
easyJet (LON:EZJ) drops as gap with Castlelake offer nears £700m
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easyJet (LON:EZJ) drops as gap with Castlelake offer nears £700m

easyJet plc dropped sharply Tuesday after brokers cut ratings, flagging risk that talks with Castlelake might fail. Shares ended down 4.05% at 558.4p, while the FTSE 250 Index slipped just 0.01%. Trading volume came in around 10.86 million, higher than Google Finance’s 8.41 million average. Shares finished the day well under Castlelake’s latest offer. The U.S. investor had bid 650p per share—about £4.93 billion, according to Reuters. At Tuesday’s close and with 758.01 million shares outstanding, the company was valued at roughly £694 million less than that. Some large shareholders want £7 a share, which would mean a market cap near £5.31 billion and put the gap close to £1.07 billion over Tuesday’s value.
June 30, 2026
Winvia Entertainment (LON:WVIA) up 8% as Romanian gaming brings in bulk of 2025 revenue
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Winvia Entertainment (LON:WVIA) up 8% as Romanian gaming brings in bulk of 2025 revenue

Winvia Entertainment PLC jumped 8.23% by the end of trade Tuesday, snapping back after weakness late in June. The AIM-listed prize-draw and gaming stock closed higher as London AIM wrapped up trading at the usual time. AIM hours went from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; June 30 wasn’t scheduled as a full-day closure for the LSE in 2026. No new company RNS showed up for Winvia on Tuesday, with the last posted item still the AGM results from June 26. That keeps the day's move looking like it's about liquidity or valuation, not a response to any new operational update.
June 30, 2026
RELX launches £100 million buyback ahead of July results
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RELX launches £100 million buyback ahead of July results

RELX PLC edged up 0.25% to 2,366p on Tuesday. The buyback now has more of an impact than recent earnings updates. The FTSE 100 ended the session up 0.12%. RELX finished with a market cap close to £41.5 billion in London trading. RELX said Monday it will launch a £100 million buyback from July 1 to July 21. That follows the end of a £200 million program on June 26. The new buyback is part of RELX’s £2.25 billion 2026 plan.
June 30, 2026
Strategic Minerals (SML:LON) jumps, light AIM trade boosts value by £11m
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Strategic Minerals (SML:LON) jumps, light AIM trade boosts value by £11m

Strategic Minerals Plc gained 10.0% Tuesday. The AIM-listed miner’s shares rose 0.40p, lifting market value by about £11.3 million. Reported volume was 10.49 million shares, under 0.4% of shares in issue, according to market data and Reuters calculations. This is notable since the swing came on light trading. Google Finance put average volume at 16.38 million shares, so Tuesday’s turnover was just 64% of that. The share move outpaced the FTSE AIM All-Share’s 0.27% rise by around 9.7 points.
June 30, 2026
Zanaga Iron Ore up 10% as Red Arc timeline puts bigger share float in focus
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Zanaga Iron Ore up 10% as Red Arc timeline puts bigger share float in focus

Zanaga Iron Ore Co. Ltd. finished the London session with a 4.31p bid and 4.50p offer, up 10.12% for the day. Hargreaves Lansdown showed volume at 30,290,662 shares and put the market cap at 44.6 million pounds. The move outpaced the headline price change. Volume on Tuesday hit nearly 13.6 times the 60-day average of 2.23 million shares, according to the latest LSE/FTSE Russell numbers. That was about 3.1% of the company’s expanded share base. Shares traded at the mid-price were valued at around £1.3 million.
June 30, 2026
Prudential buyback trims voting rights to 2.51 billion
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Prudential buyback trims voting rights to 2.51 billion

Prudential plc closed up on Tuesday. But investors watching the buyback filings saw the insurer cutting its share count again as the stock trades around 1,000p. That’s below the average price paid so far under this year’s repurchase program, and the number may matter more than the day’s move for some holders. The stock finished at 1,003.00p, gaining 5.20p. It traded between 992.20p and 1,014.00p for the day, based on Davy data from 19:02 BST, which is 20 minutes delayed. AJ Bell reported volume close to 7.49 million shares and a market cap around 25.04 billion pounds.
June 30, 2026
Vodafone (LON:VOD) slips as Safaricom move doesn’t help FTSE laggard
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Vodafone (LON:VOD) slips as Safaricom move doesn’t help FTSE laggard

Vodafone Group Public Limited Company dropped over 3% on Tuesday and was one of the FTSE 100’s laggards. The move came as Vodafone closed a deal, taking control of a major telecom and mobile-money player in Africa. Vodafone shares finished 3.72% lower at 99.60p. The FTSE 100 was up 0.12% at 10,497.12, so Vodafone lagged the index by 384 basis points for the day. With a market value of £22.93 billion at Hargreaves Lansdown, Vodafone lost about £890 million in equity value from the single-day decline, by calculation.
June 30, 2026
Jade Road Investments (LON:SHR) share price climbs as Shaires reset slips under split-adjusted raise price
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Jade Road Investments (LON:SHR) share price climbs as Shaires reset slips under split-adjusted raise price

Jade Road Investments Limited, now listed on AIM as Shaires Holdings Ltd, climbed 7.1% to $7.50 on Tuesday, with delayed LSEG data showing a 50 cent move on 1,310 shares traded. The London Stock Exchange’s regular hours are 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. local time, so the 17:05 BST timestamp is after the close for AIM stocks. The jump in price stands out on the screen, but market depth shows less action. With 1,076,019 shares out and a price of $7.50, the company’s own numbers put equity value near $8.1 million. Volume Tuesday was about 0.12% of the float—roughly $9,800 at the quote.
June 30, 2026
Petra Diamonds debt towers over stock after Finsch bailout
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Petra Diamonds debt towers over stock after Finsch bailout

Petra Diamonds Limited shares climbed in London on Tuesday. For investors, though, the bigger takeaway isn’t the price move. The market cap is still only around an eighth of net debt, so lenders, diamond tender results, and the Finsch turnaround hold more sway over the company’s future than the share price does. The dateline comes after the London Stock Exchange closed at 16:30 BST. The exchange’s calendar put June 30 as a regular trading day, open from 08:00 to 16:30.
June 30, 2026
Diageo plc (LON:DGE) Shares Edge Down as Fiscal Year Ends, Hits 50-Day Line
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Diageo plc (LON:DGE) Shares Edge Down as Fiscal Year Ends, Hits 50-Day Line

Diageo plc shares slipped Tuesday, sitting near a near-term chart line as its financial year closed out. The stock was at 1,542.14p, off 1.55%, at 17:03 BST, according to Davy. The FTSE 100 edged up 0.12% in late London trading. Hargreaves Lansdown showed the market as shut. The focus was on moving averages. LSE/FTSE Russell’s June 29 data showed Diageo with a 50-day average of 1,521p and a 200-day average at 1,635p. Google Finance had Tuesday’s low at 1,522.50p and the stock last at 1,542.14p. The low was just 0.1% off the 50-day line. The stock still sat about 5.7% under the 200-day moving average.
June 30, 2026
NatWest shares steady at 655p after new buyback guide
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NatWest rises while UK mortgage slump challenges loan growth ahead of July results

NatWest Group Plc traded higher in London on Tuesday, though UK credit data pulled more focus. Mortgage approvals dropped at their quickest pace lately as the bank approaches half-year numbers. NatWest traded at 667p on Hargreaves Lansdown, rising 10.4p or 1.58%. Google Finance had shares at 667.20p as of 13:44 BST. The FTSE 100 was last up 0.83% to 10,571.41. The London Stock Exchange ran normal hours, from 0800 to 1630, so this was an intraday price, not the close.
June 30, 2026
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