Artur Ślesik

Artur Ślesik is a technology and financial markets journalist at Bez-kabli.pl, covering artificial intelligence, semiconductors, technology stocks and emerging innovations. A graduate of Warsaw University of Technology, he combines a technical background with market analysis to explain how new technologies are shaping industries, businesses and investment trends worldwide.

Wesfarmers Limited (ASX:WES) market cap hits A$101 billion as stock climbs
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Wesfarmers Limited (ASX:WES) market cap hits A$101 billion as stock climbs

Wesfarmers jumped A$2.20 to close at A$89.47 on Thursday, outpacing the S&P/ASX 200 by 3.2 percentage points. The benchmark slipped 0.68%. The stock has climbed 4.7% this week. The closing price finished 5.3% over the A$85 high from one analyst target set, and 18.2% above the A$75.68 average from another set with an underweight consensus.
June 25, 2026
Woodside Energy (ASX:WDS) drops 2.9%, wiping out A$1.5bn
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Woodside Energy (ASX:WDS) drops 2.9%, wiping out A$1.5bn

Woodside Energy Group Ltd shed around A$1.54 billion in market value Thursday as crude prices dropped. Chief Executive Liz Westcott set a policy condition for future Bass Strait drilling. Shares fell A$0.81 to A$27.43. The stock has lost 5.3% over the past week but remains up 19% for 2026.
June 25, 2026
Prudential gains after lower share price boosts impact of buyback
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Prudential gains after lower share price boosts impact of buyback

Prudential plc traded up around 1.3% to a 1,011p bid and 1,012p offer in delayed London trading Thursday. Some investors are watching the stock’s spread below Prudential’s own share buyback price instead of the intraday move. Prudential picked up 403,165 shares on June 24, according to a Thursday filing. The firm paid an average of £9.9288, spending just above £4 million. Prices ranged from £9.83 to £10.065. The same filing showed Prudential bought 396,528 shares on June 23. It also cancelled 395,188 shares bought a day before that.
June 25, 2026
Reckitt climbs 4% after director buys below £48.55 buyback level
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Reckitt climbs 4% after director buys below £48.55 buyback level

Reckitt Benckiser Group plc climbed 1.3% to around 4,841 pence late Thursday. The stock is up 4.0% over two sessions. That put it about 3 percentage points ahead of the FTSE 100 since Wednesday. Non-executive directors Deepak Nath, Harry Kirsch and Pat Verduin bought 987 shares on June 23 at a weighted average of £46.29 each, the company said in a filing published Thursday. The group spent £45,689.35 for the lot. As of Thursday’s trading, that stake was valued around £47,781, up about £2,100 on paper.
June 25, 2026
Tesco lets teens join Clubcard as UK grocery sales lag competitors
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Tesco buyback reduces shares with UK grocery sales losing steam

Tesco PLC was up 0.2% at 457.1 pence around 1500 BST Thursday. The FTSE 100 gained 0.8%. Tesco shares rose 2.6% on Wednesday, outpacing the index, which added 0.3%. Tesco picked up 5 million shares Wednesday at an average price of 448.25p, on top of 6 million shares Tuesday at 444.56p. That left the supermarket with a £49.1 million outlay over the two days. Tesco’s total buyback spend now stands at £399.1 million, or 53% of the £750 million it set aside for the programme, with 87.6 million shares bought so far. Outstanding shares dropped under 6.3 billion.
June 25, 2026
Centrica trades steady close to 173p after 6.7% weekly drop
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Centrica shares lift market cap by £182 million, hot UK weather draws attention to Severn

Centrica plc climbed over 2% to approach 178 pence in London trading on Thursday afternoon. No new regulatory filings appeared after the last director-shareholding notice dated June 11, according to market-data feeds. There was no new price-sensitive filing linked to the move. Centrica’s equity value shifts by around £46.2 million for every 1p move in its share price, based on the May 31 voting-share count. With shares up 3.95p Thursday, the market value added about £182.5 million. This is just a scale guide, not a statement that one asset was solely repriced.
June 25, 2026
Experian (LON:EXPN) holds up after new £12m buyback filing
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Experian PLC (LON:EXPN) ex-dividend dip masks 0.7% gain as buyback accounted for 12% of two-day volume

Experian PLC traded near 2,533 pence around midday in London, down about 0.7% from Wednesday’s 2,551-pence close. The quoted fall was smaller than the estimated value of the dividend removed from the stock on Thursday. The second interim dividend is 48 U.S. cents a share. At the morning rate of £0.7582 per dollar, it was worth 36.4 pence. The 2,532-pence quote plus that amount was 2,568.4 pence, or 0.68% above the prior close. Experian will set the final sterling conversion on July 3 unless a shareholder elects payment in dollars.
June 25, 2026
BAT shares up £7.4 billion, outpacing dividend and buyback
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BAT shares up £7.4 billion, outpacing dividend and buyback

British American Tobacco p.l.c. shares edged down 0.1% to 4,672 pence as of 11:01 BST Thursday. The move follows a run where the stock gained 7.9% over three sessions. The FTSE 100 opened higher, posting a 0.3% gain. Shares of BAT finished at 4,337p Friday, then moved to 4,446p Monday, 4,585p Tuesday and reached 4,678p on Wednesday. FTSE 100 rose roughly 0.9% during that stretch. BAT’s move left it about seven points ahead of the index.
June 25, 2026
IAG (LON:IAG) touches new 52-week high after oil price dip despite dividend move
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IAG (LON:IAG) touches new 52-week high after oil price dip despite dividend move

IAG is looking at a smaller fuel bill than what it flagged in May. Shares rose Thursday after adding 2.8% Wednesday, which also saw the stock notch a 52-week high. The shares are trading at 489.10p with the 4.314p dividend, putting the total value at 493.414p. That’s up from Wednesday’s 480.90p close. On a total-return basis, that's a 2.6% jump for the day, not just the 1.7% price move that shows up on the screen.
June 25, 2026
easyJet up as Castlelake buyout clock ticks
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easyJet plc (LON:EZJ) stock leaves £579 million takeover gap after Castlelake raises bid

easyJet shares rose in London morning trade after the board rejected Castlelake’s £4.93 billion proposal but agreed to give the U.S. investor limited commercial information. Castlelake has until July 5 to make a firm offer or walk away. At 0954 BST, easyJet was 34 pence higher at 573.6 pence after touching 580 pence. Its market value was £4.35 billion. Across 758.01 million shares, the gap between the market price and Castlelake’s 650-pence proposal was about £579 million, equal to 13.3% upside from the quote.
June 25, 2026
Glencore falls harder than copper ahead of August standstill deadline
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Glencore falls harder than copper ahead of August standstill deadline

Glencore shares slipped 0.5% to 519 pence at 0920 BST, company data showed. The stock started the session at 513.9 pence and moved back up to just under 520 pence. Glencore’s market cap was around 61 billion pounds. Glencore shares dropped 4.2% Tuesday and slid another 2.5% Wednesday, putting the two-day loss at 6.7%. Volume moved up as well, climbing from 44.6 million to 54.3 million shares over those sessions.
June 25, 2026
Advanced Medical Solutions shares hold 2.3% deal spread after H.B. Fuller bid
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Advanced Medical Solutions shares hold 2.3% deal spread after H.B. Fuller bid

Advanced Medical Solutions Group plc shares jumped 16.1% to 278.5 pence Thursday after H.B. Fuller Company said it would acquire the company at 285p per share in cash. The stock quote at 08:56 BST was 6.5p, or 2.3%, under the offer price. AMS’s fully diluted equity is valued at £659 million in the offer, with an enterprise value put at £715 million. The price is 34.8% above the 212p undisturbed close on May 20, but the premium over Wednesday’s 240p close is 18.8%.
June 25, 2026
Mineral Resources up 120% on chair’s options with June 30 hurdle ahead
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Mineral Resources up 120% on chair’s options with June 30 hurdle ahead

Mineral Resources Limited was up almost 120% over the exercise price for Chair Mal Bundey’s first batch of options as brokers lined up orders ahead of Thursday’s ASX open. Full trading was set for 09:59:45 Sydney time. MIN finished at A$65.86 on Wednesday, gaining 1.4%. The S&P/ASX 200 edged up 0.24%. That puts MIN ahead of the benchmark by 1.16 points. About 1.32 million shares changed hands, more than its usual 1.07 million.
June 25, 2026
Xero up 8% after Citi supports UK price hike
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Xero up 8% after Citi supports UK price hike

Xero traded up A$5.31 at A$70.31 on Wednesday, leading a rebound in Australian tech stocks. The tech sector advanced 5.2%. WiseTech Global jumped 14.3%. Xero bounced back, recouping much of the 9.6% slide from the past two sessions. Shares dropped from A$71.88 on Friday to A$65 by Tuesday.
June 24, 2026
Gold slips under US$4,000, Evolution Mining shares weighed
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Gold slips under US$4,000, Evolution Mining shares weighed

Evolution Mining Ltd faces Thursday’s ASX open after two losses in a row, wiping 4.7% off its price since Monday’s close. Shares remain 59.4% higher so far this financial year. ASX will open for regular trading on June 25. The opening auction gets underway at 9:59 a.m. Sydney time, and continuous trading kicks in at about 10 a.m.
June 24, 2026
Cochlear keeps rallying; FY26 outlook still in question
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Cochlear keeps rallying; FY26 outlook still in question

Cochlear traded up on Wednesday, staying above A$113. The stock stretched its rebound to a seventh session after April’s earnings cut from the hearing-implant company. The stock finished the session at A$113.45, climbing 67 cents after moving between A$112.63 and A$115.13. Turnover hit 1.13 million shares, well above the recent daily average near 602,000. CSL added 2.63% and Pro Medicus rose 3.50% in Australian healthcare.
June 24, 2026
Fortescue’s China chief leaves after four months, iron ore talks remain tense
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Fortescue’s China chief leaves after four months, iron ore talks remain tense

Fortescue Ltd said Liu Qing, who was serving as its China president, is no longer with the company after just four months in the post. The Australian miner confirmed Liu's exit in an email to Reuters. The company didn't give a reason for his departure. Attempts to contact Liu were unsuccessful. Fortescue brought in Liu, ex-Boeing China president, in February to handle its external affairs and manage ties with Chinese agencies, clients, and industry groups. The company isn’t planning to fill the role again, reports say.
June 24, 2026
Macquarie Group says it holds 5.12% stake in Tabcorp
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Macquarie Group says it holds 5.12% stake in Tabcorp

Macquarie Group entities said Wednesday they now hold a substantial stake in Tabcorp Holdings. The firms reported a relevant interest in 117,296,116 shares, equal to 5.12% of voting power. Tabcorp has a rule capping individual voting power at 10%. The filing doesn’t just show a Macquarie-owned position. In Australia, a relevant interest means having the power to vote or get rid of shares and can include managed accounts or borrowed stock. Macquarie Investment Management Global was shown as investment manager for 59.3 million shares. Macquarie Investment Management Australia had 39.6 million as trustee. Macquarie Bank held 15.4 million shares through stock-borrowing and lending deals.
June 24, 2026
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