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.

NatWest (LSE: NWG) steady at 636p as Starmer quits, traders see quiet session
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NatWest Shares Fade After 4% Jump in Broader London Drop

NatWest Group shares dropped 1.18% to 655.2 pence after opening in London, off from Monday’s close at 663 pence, while the FTSE 100 fell 0.91%. Lloyds lost 1.10% and Barclays was down 0.74%. British banks in general saw selling, not just NatWest. Banks pared Monday’s 3.95% jump after shares in NatWest, Barclays and Lloyds all gave up ground, having risen more than 3% apiece as lenders powered the FTSE 100 higher. Some investors had been reassured by signs of a fast power handover following Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s resignation announcement. “That timetable at least minimises the uncertainty for investors,” Chris Beauchamp, chief market analyst at IG Group, said.
June 23, 2026
Glencore (LSE: GLEN) Gains Back 38% After Friday Drop, Focus on 572p Level
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Glencore Drops Almost 5% in London as Fed Rate Moves Hit Copper Stocks

Glencore shares were down about 4.6% at around 533 pence early Tuesday in London, while the UK market slid 0.8%. Anglo American gave up 5.5%, Antofagasta, which is focused on copper, dropped 6.6%. The fall ran across the sector. Glencore is still about 94% higher over the past 12 months. Metals and other growth-linked assets dropped as markets priced more U.S. rate hikes. Europe’s basic-resources index slumped 3.3%, leading sector losses. The STOXX 600 was down nearly 0.9%. Traders were betting on around 50 basis points of rate hikes by year-end—a basis point is one-hundredth of a percentage point.
June 23, 2026
ASX Shares Trade Over A$52, CHESS Risks Still Linger
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ASX Shares Trade Over A$52, CHESS Risks Still Linger

ASX Ltd is set to open Tuesday at A$52.05. Investors are watching both the relief from a proposed settlement with regulators and a jump in the company’s technology spend. Shares inched up 4 cents, or 0.08%, on Monday. The cash market was still in pre-open at the turn of the session. ASX is up 5.8% since June 12, but it’s still down 11.5% from the May 25 close. That was the last session before new cost forecasts hit and ASX dropped 13.2% in a single day. The quiet end covers up a big reset.
June 23, 2026
Brambles Limited (ASX:BXB) speeds up buyback while U.S. repair risk holds back shares
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Brambles Limited (ASX:BXB) speeds up buyback while U.S. repair risk holds back shares

Brambles Limited is set to cancel 1,943,252 shares on Tuesday after spending A$37.23 million on its latest buyback. The company said in filings that its latest programme has now picked up 8,178,060 shares for A$146.48 million since June 1. After the cancellation, Brambles will have around 1.337 billion shares on issue. ASX:BXB slipped six cents to A$19.14 Monday, after moving in a range between A$18.79 and A$19.29. Shares are up 18.3% since the June 3 low, but still trade nearly 29% under the 52-week high of A$26.93. The buyback is helping support the price, though the earnings outlook hasn’t fully reset.
June 22, 2026
Fortescue (ASX:FMG) Ends Down, Ammonia Truck Plan Runs into Iron-Ore Challenge
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Fortescue (ASX:FMG) Ends Down, Ammonia Truck Plan Runs into Iron-Ore Challenge

Fortescue Ltd slipped 0.8% to A$19.60 at the close Monday, lagging with other big miners. BHP saw a 1.7% decline, and Rio Tinto gave up 0.8%. Fortescue also announced a new move in clean shipping. The split could be important. The vessel deal might reduce shipping emissions and support demand for green ammonia, but Fortescue’s value in the short term still depends on iron ore prices and what it can lock in from buyers in China. Benchmark iron ore was at US$100.78 a tonne Monday, down 8.66% in the last month.
June 22, 2026
Telstra (ASX:TLS) falls as buyback ends, investors look at July pricing reset
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Telstra (ASX:TLS) falls as buyback ends, investors look at July pricing reset

Telstra Group Limited shares slipped 1 Australian cent to finish at A$5.04 on Monday, down 0.2%. The stock traded from A$5.04 up to A$5.11, with 23.1 million shares changing hands. S&P/ASX 200 slipped 0.14% to 8,816.1, tracking a soft market as investors watched geopolitical news and tech stocks sold off. “The benchmark spent much of the day treading water,” said Global X ETFs strategist Marc Jocum. Telstra is seeing a different story — a big mechanical buyer is now out of the market.
June 22, 2026
ASX:XJO edges down 0.1% as WiseTech slide outweighs insurer gains
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ASX:XJO edges down 0.1% as WiseTech slide outweighs insurer gains

ASX 200 slips as WiseTech drops, miners fall Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 finished down 0.14% at 8,816.1 on Monday. WiseTech Global tumbled and heavyweight miners fell, dragging on the index. Gains in banks, insurers and gold producers could not lift the market. The Australian cash market remains closed for Tuesday. Big swings in sectors kept the main index’s finish flat. Tech tumbled 4.2%, healthcare slid 1.3%, and communications was down 1.2%. Financials rose 0.5%. Breadth on the ASX 300 was about even, with 134 stocks up and 139 down.
June 22, 2026
FTSE 100 up 0.7% with banks in front after Starmer quits
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FTSE 100 up 0.7% with banks in front after Starmer quits

FTSE 100 climbed 0.72% to 10,437.85 on Monday as shares in banks, miners, and airlines rose after Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he will step down. Defence names lagged. The blue-chip index broke a two-day losing streak. FTSE 250 ended nearly flat at 23,197.01. FTSE 250 lags headline rally. The mid-cap index is exposed to the UK economy and didn't pick up with large caps, keeping a 0.74 percentage-point gap with the FTSE 100. That left Monday’s gain looking like a focused relief move in banks and international stocks rather than a broad re-rating of UK growth hopes.
June 22, 2026
CSL Limited (ASX:CSL) drops 3% with rebound meeting resistance
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CSL Limited (ASX:CSL) drops 3% with rebound meeting resistance

CSL Limited gave up 2.96% to finish at A$112.88 on Monday, pulling back after Friday’s 7.62% surge. The rally faded as buyers did not push the stock higher, with no new corporate catalysts. The Australian cash market was closed at press time. Trading is set to resume as usual on Tuesday. The scale of the move stands out. CSL saw 8.16 million shares trade on Friday, about 3.7x its usual daily volume. The stock started Monday at A$116.25, down seven cents from the Friday close, then dropped to A$110.89. This kind of trade lines up more with a wave of buyers hitting ready sellers than a new earnings event.
June 22, 2026
Coca-Cola HBC stock (LSE:CCH) rises as World Cup mix, Africa deal timing draw focus
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Coca-Cola HBC stock (LSE:CCH) rises as World Cup mix, Africa deal timing draw focus

Coca-Cola HBC AG edged higher on Monday, trading near 4,560 pence in late London business. The gain was modest and slightly lagged the wider market, leaving the bottler with a market value of about £16.6 billion. The immediate question is not whether World Cup promotions can sell more drinks. It is whether they can lift sales value as well as litres, while management prepares investors for the planned expansion of its African business.
June 22, 2026
Halma shares close flat at 3,954p as photonics focus weighs on premium
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Halma shares close flat at 3,954p as photonics focus weighs on premium

Halma plc traded flat on Monday. The shares are struggling to come back from the 15.4% drop after the June 11 outlook. At 3,954p, the latest price is up just 0.7% from the 3,928p close right after results, while the wider London market moved higher. Halma’s last year numbers looked fine. Revenue was up 15% to £2.582 billion. Adjusted EBIT gained 22% to £594.5 million. What got investors’ attention was the new outlook. The company now sees low-double-digit organic, constant-currency growth through March 2027, with photonics expected to add about five points. That’s down from the eight points photonics delivered in last year’s 16% organic growth.
June 22, 2026
LSE slides as debate on AI risk halts rebound
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LSE slides as debate on AI risk halts rebound

LSE:LSEG shares traded lower on Monday afternoon, holding onto much of last week’s slide after a downgrade. At 14:04 BST, a Cboe Europe real-time read showed the stock at 8,416p, off 0.52% and down 7.76% for the past five sessions. LSE:LSEG’s bounce on Friday didn’t hold up much. The stock rose 1.46% to 8,460p after ending Thursday at 8,338p, when it had dropped 7%. The move signals buyers are still struggling with the market’s reset on its AI exposure.
June 22, 2026
Legal & General Drops in London as 8% Yield Draws Rate Focus
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Legal & General share price (LSE:LGEN) rises 1.9% as implied capital-return yield nears 15%

Legal & General Group Plc rose about 1.9% in Monday afternoon trading, reaching a bid-offer midpoint of 288.7p. The insurer outpaced the FTSE 100 by roughly 1.4 percentage points. The gain was not isolated. Aviva advanced about 1.7%, while the broader UK blue-chip index recovered from an early decline, pointing to a market and sector component in L&G’s move rather than a single-company trigger.
June 22, 2026
Vodafone (LSE:VOD) drops for sixth day, closes in on 20% slide from past year’s high
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Vodafone (LSE:VOD) drops for sixth day, closes in on 20% slide from past year’s high

Vodafone Group Plc shares slipped over 1% on Monday, on track for their sixth loss in a row. The drop lagged a rebound for London stocks. Vodafone’s corporate news page did not show any new financial update since Friday. Sellers kept pressure on VOD, with no sign of a new business disruption. London shares fell at first after UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced plans to step down, but the FTSE 100 later bounced back. "Britain’s been going in the wrong direction," said Trade Nation analyst David Morrison to Reuters, though he noted switching leaders may not mean much for the economy.
June 22, 2026
Informa PLC Drops Under 870p After Citi Re-Rating to 990p
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Informa PLC Drops Under 870p After Citi Re-Rating to 990p

Informa PLC slipped 6.8p to 868.2p by 11:43 BST on Monday, off 0.78%. Shares had gained 1.32% on Friday. The move looks mostly like some profit-taking after shares rallied for two sessions following a positive AGM statement and Citi moving to a “buy” rating. Monday’s only news was a routine buyback update. The stock started the day at 877.2p, hit 878.2p at the high, and dropped to 867.0p at the low. LSE: INF is still trading above last Wednesday’s pre-update close at 840.4p. Monday’s drop hasn’t erased gains, with the stock holding 27.8p, or 3.31%, over that mark and staying 4.6p above Thursday’s 863.6p close. The move cooled off the chart, but the market’s positive read on the trading update
June 22, 2026
Anglo American (LSE: AAL) picks up 0.21% as copper bounces, but nearly all the drop holds
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Anglo American (LSE: AAL) picks up 0.21% as copper bounces, but nearly all the drop holds

Anglo American plc was up 8 pence, or 0.21%, to 3,898 pence as of 11:01 BST Monday, pulling off a small bounce after a tough end to last week. The stock got a push from copper, which rose 0.56%, while the FTSE 100 slipped about 0.1%. There were no new statements from the company’s official channels on Monday. The rebound looked tied to metals, not any fresh news from Anglo. The move brought back just 3.31% of the 242 pence lost Thursday and Friday, meaning nearly 97% of that drop remained. Anglo started the day at 3,917p, quickly moved to 3,938.22p, then pulled back to a session low of 3,882p before hovering near 3,900p. Volume came in heavy—7.73 million shares
June 22, 2026
Glencore (LSE: GLEN) Gains Back 38% After Friday Drop, Focus on 572p Level
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Glencore (LSE: GLEN) Gains Back 38% After Friday Drop, Focus on 572p Level

Glencore plc was up 3.40p, or 0.61%, at 560.40p as of 10:55 BST Monday, tracking gains in copper. The FTSE 100 edged down 0.05%. Copper traded 0.56% higher at $6.36 a pound. Metals are driving the move, not the wider London market. Glencore moved in a range of 556.40p to 562.70p early on. Among miners in the same snapshot, Rio Tinto rose 0.28%, Anglo American was up 0.21% and Antofagasta edged down 0.03%. GLEN outperformed the FTSE 100 by about 0.66 percentage points.
June 22, 2026
Lloyds Banking Group (LSE: LLOY) stays close to 105p after Starmer resigns
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Lloyds Banking Group (LSE: LLOY) stays close to 105p after Starmer resigns

Lloyds Banking Group shares were steady at 105.05p as of 09:55 BST on Monday, almost flat, down 0.05% since Friday’s close. The stock traded between 104.65p and 105.55p. A weaker sterling and higher gilt yields followed Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s resignation, but Lloyds has also started a big AI hiring drive as it comes off a strong first quarter. For traders, it’s notable the political news didn’t push Lloyds under Friday’s lows. That steady close in LSE: LLOY covers up a lot of back-and-forth during the session. Multiply Monday’s 0.90p swing by Lloyds’ 58.29 billion shares and the paper move is around £525 million. Still, the stock finished just 0.05p lower, cutting only about £29 million off its value. Markets
June 22, 2026
British American Tobacco (LSE: BATS) Rebounds — Why Friday’s 12.7m-Share Sell-Off May Overstate the Damage
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British American Tobacco (LSE: BATS) Rebounds — Why Friday’s 12.7m-Share Sell-Off May Overstate the Damage

British American Tobacco was quoted around 4,356p in delayed early London trading on Monday, up approximately 18p, or 0.41%, after Friday’s drop to 4,337p. The immediate move looks less like a reaction to new earnings information and more like a partial technical rebound after a high-volume index-rebalance session, with Monday’s confirmation that the buyback remains active providing support at the margin. The stock has recovered only about 30% of Friday’s 63p loss, so this is stabilization—not yet a confirmed reversal. For LSE: BATS, Friday’s volume is the revealing detail. Turnover of 12.7 million shares was almost 2.9 times the 50-day average of 4.4 million. Yet FTSE Russell’s annual UK index review was implemented after Friday’s close and became effective Monday,
June 22, 2026
Computershare (ASX: CPU) slips 1.18% as big turnover hits, with rate moves in focus Monday
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Computershare (ASX: CPU) slips 1.18% as big turnover hits, with rate moves in focus Monday

Key takeaways Computershare Limited starts Monday at A$36.71, off A$0.44, or 1.18% from Friday’s close. Volume was 3.13 million shares, running 76% over the 1.78 million average showing on Google Finance. The S&P/ASX 200 closed down 0.92%. There’s been no new price-sensitive update from Computershare since May 5. The loss comes after Thursday’s 1.64% bounce, most likely a result of profit-taking and pressure across the market, not a new earnings cut. CPU trailed the index by 0.26 percentage point.
June 22, 2026
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