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.

National Grid Just Beat the FTSE — The £70 Billion Question Facing Monday’s Open
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National Grid Just Beat the FTSE — The £70 Billion Question Facing Monday’s Open

National Grid plc ended the week ahead of the London market, rising 1.54% on Friday to 1,217.5p as the FTSE 100, the benchmark of London’s largest listed companies, edged up 0.07%. The move left the utility with a modest weekly gain while trading is paused for the weekend. That matters now because the next print is Monday’s open, not another late-Friday trade. The stock has just moved through a week of shareholder paperwork: National Grid published its Annual Report and Accounts, Form 20-F and notice of its 2026 annual general meeting on June 3, followed by final-dividend scrip terms on June 4.
June 6, 2026
Sainsbury Rises Past FTSE This Week, But Eyes on What Follows
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Sainsbury Rises Past FTSE This Week, But Eyes on What Follows

J Sainsbury shot back above 300p Friday, wrapping the week stronger than the wider London market. Shares finished at 300.50p, up 1.8% for the day, after moving between 299.20p and 303.40p. The close puts the stock 1.4% over last week’s 296.30p finish. The week saw a 2.8% jump Wednesday, then a drop of 3.09% Thursday, daily moves that made for a choppy ride. Weekend trading is closed, so now investors need to figure out if Friday’s move was the start of a real turn or just a dead cat bounce. The FTSE 100 inched up 0.07% Friday. Sainsbury is still trading almost 19% under its 52-week high from December.
June 6, 2026
FTSE 100 Holds Up Friday, London Stocks Head for Rough Week

FTSE 100 Holds Up Friday, London Stocks Head for Rough Week

FTSE 100 closed up a bit on Friday, but that didn’t help it avoid a weekly loss. Rate concerns, worries over inflation linked to the Middle East, and a selloff in tech stocks left traders cautious. The FTSE 250 dropped more, putting a bigger hit on stocks tied to the UK market. Friday’s 0.07% rise isn’t the key story. Markets want to see if company price plans cooling off will be enough to keep the Bank of England from a more aggressive stance. The Bank’s Decision Maker Panel showed firms are looking for price growth of 4.0% over the next year, down from 4.4% in April. Rob Wood at Pantheon Macroeconomics said second-round effects look “muted for now.”
June 6, 2026
RELX Shares Rebound, AI Competition Stays Unsettled
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RELX Shares Rebound, AI Competition Stays Unsettled

RELX PLC jumped 6.8% this week, ending Friday at 2,616 pence after a two-day run in the information and analytics stock. With Saturday’s London session closed, the Friday finish stands as the last traded price going into next week. RELX’s 150 million pound share buyback gives the stock near-term technical support, with the program running until June 8. The move comes after months of pressure tied to the artificial intelligence trade. A buyback lets the company purchase its own shares, cutting the share count and potentially pushing up earnings per share if profits stay flat.
June 6, 2026
BAT shares rise Friday, eyes now on key vape test next week
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BAT shares rise Friday, eyes now on key vape test next week

BAT’s London stock finished the week up 1.94% at 4,404 pence, getting a boost Friday even as the FTSE 100 edged higher just 0.07% to 10,368.05. The moves came as traders digested a new U.S. vape policy and British American Tobacco’s call to leave group guidance unchanged. London markets were closed on Saturday, leaving Friday’s close as the latest reference point. BAT’s outlook hangs between quicker gains in newer nicotine products and softer forecasts for cigarettes.
June 6, 2026
Lloyds Stock Drops Under £1 as Investors Weigh Buyback, Outage and Rate Bets
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Lloyds Stock Drops Under £1 as Investors Weigh Buyback, Outage and Rate Bets

Lloyds Banking Group shares ended the week under pressure, closing at 99.16 pence on Friday, down 1.33% on the day and about 2.7% below the previous Friday’s close, with London trading shut for the weekend. The stock traded as high as 101.05p during the session but finished at the low, a weak close for a bank still running a large capital-return programme. That matters now because Lloyds is one of the cleanest listed bets on the UK consumer, mortgages and small business credit. The share price is being pulled between two stories: a bank still buying back stock and earning more from lending, and a bank facing questions over digital outages, branch closures and old conduct costs.
June 6, 2026
Anglo American slips in London as copper stays in focus
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Anglo American slips in London as copper stays in focus

Anglo American dropped 5.16% to 3,856p on Friday, a steep fall that capped the week as miners in London slipped. The FTSE 100 edged up, but that didn’t stop the selling in Anglo American. Saturday trading was closed. Prices shown are from Friday’s session. Anglo’s rally lost steam this week after hitting a 52-week high of 4,239p on June 2, then falling 9.04% by Friday’s close, according to FT market data. The stock dropped about 3.3% from the May 29 close of 3,988p.
June 6, 2026
Why aTyr Pharma Stock Is Sliding Before a Key June FDA Filing
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Why aTyr Pharma Stock Is Sliding Before a Key June FDA Filing

aTyr Pharma shares fell in Friday afternoon trading, dropping 4.05 cents, or about 7.9%, to 47.25 cents as investors marked down small-cap biotech risk ahead of the company’s next regulatory step. The stock, listed as ATYR, underperformed the SPDR S&P Biotech ETF, down about 3.6%, and the iShares Nasdaq Biotechnology ETF, off about 1.4%. The move matters because aTyr is trading as a clinical-stage, event-driven biotech with a market value of roughly $46 million, while the next visible catalyst is a planned June filing for a late-stage lung-disease study. These stocks can move hard on filings, trial design, cash use and small shifts in institutional ownership.
June 5, 2026
Verde Clean Fuels Shares Drop, Eyes on Upcoming Event
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Verde Clean Fuels Shares Drop, Eyes on Upcoming Event

Shares of Verde Clean Fuels, Inc. traded lower on Friday, last seen at $1.51, off 2 cents from Thursday’s close. The stock has ranged between $1.50 and $1.56 so far today. Volume at the last check was about 11,600 shares. Investors don’t have new company news to react to right now, which puts a spotlight on the move. VGAS is off 4.69% this week and down 12.36% over the past month. The stock has lost 54.93% over the year.
June 5, 2026
Cisco Stock Slips, Pulls Dow Down After Jobs Report
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Cisco Stock Slips, Pulls Dow Down After Jobs Report

Cisco Systems, Inc. shares dropped roughly 5% early Friday afternoon, snapping back after a run-up on AI hopes. A solid U.S. jobs report sent investors selling higher-priced tech stocks. Cisco slipped to $123.25, off $6.75 from the $130.00 close Thursday. The stock opened at $128.65 and fell to $123.21 at its lowest so far. Latest volume came in at roughly 10.8 million shares.
June 5, 2026
IREN Earnings Today: Why the AI Cloud Stock Faces Its First Big Test After Mirantis Deal
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IREN stock slides as AI data center push meets Nasdaq drop

IREN Limited dropped 8.7% to $56.50 early Friday in the U.S., backing off as traders looked at the firm’s Australian data-center plans while the Nasdaq faltered. The Nasdaq-listed name last traded at $56.50 at 9:47 a.m. EDT. Shares hit a session low of $56.34, according to Google Finance. IREN is moving away from being seen just as a bitcoin miner and is now getting valued more as a supplier to the AI sector, offering power, real estate, and chips. The firm sells AI cloud and data-center services using GPUs, the chips needed for AI workloads. IREN says it has secured over 4.5 gigawatts of power: 810 megawatts are running, 2,100 megawatts are being built, and another 1,600 megawatts are planned.
June 5, 2026
Chord Energy down on dividend date as oil swings
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Chord Energy down on dividend date as oil swings

Chord Energy shares dropped over 2% Friday morning as the oil producer hit its quarterly dividend payment date and crude prices gave up some gains. The stock traded at $136.50, off $3.57, or 2.55%. It started the session at $139.85 and moved in a range from $136.18 to $140.93, SoFi market data showed. Volume stayed light compared to its average, so the early slip could shift as trading goes on.
June 5, 2026
Galaxy Payroll slides premarket after $200 million filing
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Galaxy Payroll slides premarket after $200 million filing

Galaxy Payroll Group Limited GLXG shares dropped almost 20% in the premarket Friday, with the stock indicated at $1.03 before the open. GLXG finished Thursday at $1.29, up 4.03%. On Nasdaq, regular hours are 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Eastern. Premarket starts at 4 a.m. Galaxy Payroll’s shelf registration is now effective, according to a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission notice. The SEC said the company’s Form F-3 became effective at 4:30 p.m. on June 2. A shelf registration means Galaxy Payroll can sell securities later without needing to file a new registration for each sale.
June 5, 2026
Principal Financial Stock Is Within 2% of Its High. Friday Could Test the Rally
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Principal Financial Stock Is Within 2% of Its High. Friday Could Test the Rally

Principal Financial Group will enter Friday’s U.S. session near a 52-week high after its shares rose 2.29% on Thursday, with a new State Street servicing mandate putting fresh attention on the company’s fund operations. The Nasdaq-listed stock closed at $103.51, up $2.32, and sat 1.42% below its May 27 high of $105.00. Volume, the number of shares traded, was 887,779, below the 50-day average of about 1.2 million shares.
June 5, 2026
Epsium Stock Climbs in Pre-Market as Macau Liquor Firm Brushes Off Tech Selloff

Epsium Stock Climbs in Pre-Market as Macau Liquor Firm Brushes Off Tech Selloff

Epsium Enterprise Ltd traded up in early U.S. premarket action Friday, adding to its recent jump. Shares in the Nasdaq-listed Macau liquor wholesaler rose even as tech futures slipped. The stock was last at $1.65 at 4:52 a.m. ET, a 0.61% rise from the $1.64 close on Thursday. Shares added 5.13% in the previous regular session, according to Investing.com data.
June 5, 2026
9F Stock Is Quiet Near $3 — But a HK$101 Million Loan Filing Puts Cash Timing in Play
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9F Stock Is Quiet Near $3 — But a HK$101 Million Loan Filing Puts Cash Timing in Play

9F Inc.’s Nasdaq-listed American depositary shares were quoted near $3 early Friday, leaving the small Chinese fintech name in a narrow tape before the regular U.S. session opened. The stock quote on 9F’s investor site showed the ADSs at $3.01, down 1.77%, with volume of just 407 shares and a market value of about $35.4 million. The 52-week range was wide, from $1.25 to $9.48, a reminder that thinly traded micro-cap stocks — companies with small market values — can move hard on little volume.
June 5, 2026
Inseego up 1.4% Thursday, putting Nokia bet in the spotlight
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Inseego up 1.4% Thursday, putting Nokia bet in the spotlight

Inseego Corp. shares finished up 19 cents at $14.01 on Thursday. The wireless equipment maker, traded on Nasdaq, took a market cap around $229 million into Friday’s pre-market session. A small after-hours move put the quote at $14.02, with little volume, according to MarketWatch. Inseego’s gain was small. Attention now turns away from daily price shifts to the company’s pending deal with Nokia and the scale it might finally deliver to investors.
June 5, 2026
Digital Turbine Gains as Nasdaq Drops — APPS Eyes Launchpad
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Digital Turbine Gains as Nasdaq Drops — APPS Eyes Launchpad

Digital Turbine shares moved up late Thursday, bucking a choppy U.S. tech sector. Traders looked to the mobile-software firm’s new app-distribution platform while the company remains lossmaking. The stock on Nasdaq traded up 7.6% at $9.32 in recent action, ranging from $8.33 to $9.45 so far. Around 9.15 million shares changed hands. The company had a market cap close to $1.12 billion.
June 5, 2026
Nasdaq Deadline Looms for HCW Biologics as Stock Slips Toward $1 Mark
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Nasdaq Deadline Looms for HCW Biologics as Stock Slips Toward $1 Mark

HCW Biologics Inc. shares dropped Thursday, moving closer to the Nasdaq’s compliance line. Investors looked at the latest extension from the exchange while the company faces pressure for more capital and reliable execution. The stock last changed hands at $1.605, down 4.5%, after bouncing between $1.60 and $1.72. About 594,000 shares traded, putting its market cap around $8.7 million, according to the latest available data. The main Nasdaq session ends at 4 p.m. Eastern, and June 4 does not appear on the list of 2026 Nasdaq holidays.
June 4, 2026
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