Konrad Wysocki

Konrad Wysocki is a senior markets reporter at Bez-kabli.pl, specializing in technology stocks, artificial intelligence and global financial markets. A graduate of the University of Rzeszów, he previously worked in investment research and market analysis. His coverage helps readers understand the key trends, companies and innovations influencing investors worldwide.

Telstra edges down to A$5.07, Citi begins coverage at Hold
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Telstra edges down to A$5.07, Citi begins coverage at Hold

Telstra Group shares edged down Thursday, but the stock outperformed the broader Australian market after the U.S. Federal Reserve sent a hawkish signal that lifted bond yields and the dollar. Telstra moved in a range of A$5.065 to A$5.095 before closing at A$5.07. The index finished at 8,911.1. Telstra is down 2.5% in the past five sessions and now trades about 9% under its May high of A$5.58. Investors have to figure out if the drop makes the stock a buy again or if Telstra's defensive story is already in the price. That relative resilience is in focus.
June 18, 2026
Northern Star Resources Stock Slips as Gold Selloff Tests Elliott-Fuelled Rebound
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Northern Star Resources Stock Slips as Gold Selloff Tests Elliott-Fuelled Rebound

Northern Star Resources Ltd shares pulled back on Thursday, giving up part of a sharp weekly recovery as weaker bullion prices clouded the outlook for Friday’s ASX session. The shares finished at A$21.50, down 35 Australian cents, after trading between A$21.14 and A$21.63. The retreat matters because the recovery is being priced before fresh operating evidence. Northern Star remains roughly one-third below its March high, leaving investors to weigh the prospect of faster corporate change against unresolved production concerns.
June 18, 2026
Woolworths edges up 0.9% on defensive bids as ASX slides
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Woolworths edges up 0.9% on defensive bids as ASX slides

Woolworths Group Ltd ended Thursday up A$0.34 at A$38.12. The stock outperformed the broader Australian market, with investors favoring big, stable consumer shares. Volume picked up: about 3.76 million shares traded, jumping from 2.28 million the session before. Supermarket shares were up, standing out as global bond yields put pressure on tech and miners. “The defensive consumer staples sector lifted,” IG market analyst Tony Sycamore said. Defensive stocks like these are known for steady sales when investors worry about growth.
June 18, 2026
Qube shares up after ACCC approval for Macquarie-led $11.7 billion deal
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Qube shares up after ACCC approval for Macquarie-led $11.7 billion deal

Qube Holdings shares gained on Thursday. The ACCC cleared the company’s planned sale to a Macquarie Asset Management consortium. The ASX was shut overnight, leaving A$5.12 as Thursday’s last traded price. The clearance clears a key hurdle for the deal, which uses a court-supervised scheme of arrangement. The transaction values the business at about A$11.7 billion enterprise value, debt included. The deal would delist one of Australia’s top transport-infrastructure groups.
June 18, 2026
Woodside Energy Shares Dip to A$28.62 After Oil Pulls Back; Company Says No Exxon Talks
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Woodside Energy Shares Dip to A$28.62 After Oil Pulls Back; Company Says No Exxon Talks

Woodside Energy Group shares closed at A$28.62 on Thursday, down 1.2%. The stock hit its session low at the close, bringing its two-day loss to about 4.7%. Volume was 6.6 million shares. Woodside shares slid as outside forces hit the stock. The S&P/ASX 200 Energy index shed 1.16% on Thursday, with investors cutting earnings forecasts for oil firms. Woodside supplies a lot of liquefied natural gas, or LNG, which is natural gas cooled into a liquid for shipping.
June 18, 2026
Wesfarmers trades near A$86 as Bunnings keeps focus after heavy week
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Wesfarmers Stock Rises to A$85.78 as Kmart Opens K Home Concept

Wesfarmers shares edged higher on Thursday, outperforming a falling Australian market, while its Kmart division opened the first K Home concept store. The stock gained A$0.29 to A$85.78 after trading between A$85.12 and A$86.55; the benchmark index broke a four-session winning run. The store is a small operational trial, but the strategic question is larger. Kmart is testing whether its Anko private-label range can support a separate home proposition, including bulky products previously confined largely to online channels and standard stores with limited display space.
June 18, 2026
ASX 200 Drops 0.6% as Miners, Banks Weigh on Australia Stocks
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ASX 200 Drops 0.6% as Miners, Banks Weigh on Australia Stocks

ASX stocks ended their four-day run lower on Thursday. Fresh anxiety over U.S. rates hit miners, banks and tech names. The local cash market was shut at press time, set to reopen Friday. Stocks slipped after a four-day rally pushed the benchmark to a two-month high. Materials, property and financial shares, which had climbed in that stretch, lost ground as traders looked again at borrowing costs and global demand.
June 18, 2026
BHP trades close to year high, India steel hopes offset China drag
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BHP Heads Back to ASX After $2.3 Billion Jansen Writedown

BHP Group lifted the budget for Stage 2 of its Jansen potash project in Canada, adding US$2 billion and announcing a US$2.3 billion impairment, cutting the value listed on its balance sheet. The cost move came after Sydney closed and triggered a bigger reaction in London. BHP’s Jansen project faces a fresh setback just days before Brandon Craig is set to take over as CEO from Mike Henry on July 1. The potash mine is key to BHP’s push for earnings beyond iron ore and copper, but the latest cost overrun puts more pressure on Craig’s start.
June 18, 2026
GSK Shares Gain After Arexvy Approval for More Adults in Japan
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GSK Stock Falls 1.9% Despite FDA Approval for Oral Antibiotic Utebzi

GSK shares fell nearly 2% on Thursday despite U.S. approval for Utebzi, a new oral antibiotic aimed at hard-to-treat urinary tract infections. The stock was down 37.5 pence at 1,935 pence as of 15:06 BST, compared with a 0.87% decline in the FTSE 100 shortly before 15:00. The broader market weakened after the Bank of England held rates at 3.75% and the U.S. Federal Reserve signalled a more hawkish policy path. The regulatory decision removes a significant development risk for GSK’s anti-infectives pipeline. Still, the market response was restrained. Investors now need evidence on pricing, hospital adoption and how quickly prescriptions can turn into material revenue.
June 18, 2026
Beazley Shares Stay Under Zurich Offer With Investors Eyeing Court Ruling
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Beazley steady at 1,284p after Zurich lifts stake to 5.35%

Beazley shares didn’t move much in London trade Thursday. Zurich Insurance Group picked up more stock, lifting its stake in the insurer to 5.35%. The stock last traded up 0.04% at 1,284p after opening at 1,283.5p. Zurich reported in a new filing that it bought 440,459 shares on June 17, paying between 1,283.5p and 1,284.5p.
June 18, 2026
NatWest shares drop as Bank of England keeps rates at 3.75%
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NatWest shares drop as Bank of England keeps rates at 3.75%

NatWest Group shares slipped in midday London trade on Thursday. The Bank of England held rates steady, leaving the bank's earnings assumptions where they were, but there was no new driver for the shares. The FTSE 100 also lost ground as investors looked at the rate path and global market strain. Why it matters: NatWest has stronger links to the British economy than most international banks. Higher rates have been helping lending margins for a while, but the bank’s managers were ready for this. They had already used a 3.75% rate for their forecasts for the year.
June 18, 2026
LSEG drops 3.6% after Redburn warns on AI revenue
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LSEG drops 3.6% after Redburn warns on AI revenue

London Stock Exchange Group shares slid 3.6% Thursday after Rothschild & Co Redburn cautioned that AI could pressure the company’s workflow and aggregation operations. The stock was last seen near 8,646 pence, after hitting a low of 8,584 pence earlier in the session. Redburn cut LSEG to “neutral” from “buy” and cut its target to £104 from £120, reigniting questions about whether AI is going to drive more demand for the group’s proprietary data or let clients skip its platforms and software. Debate on that had cooled before the downgrade.
June 18, 2026
Shell slips under £30 after Iran deal drives Brent crude below $78
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Shell slips under £30 after Iran deal drives Brent crude below $78

Shell shares slipped under £30 in early trading in London on Thursday. Oil prices slid again, taking the shine off hopes for a lift in global growth after the U.S.-Iran deal. The stock traded near 2,993 pence in delayed quotes, down roughly 1.4%. It settled at 3,035 pence the previous session. Crude’s geopolitical premium is fading fast. Brent slipped 2% to $77.96 a barrel after the deal, which aims to restore all shipping through the Strait of Hormuz within 30 days. IG’s Tony Sycamore said the market is factoring in a “faster-than-expected return of Iranian barrels.” Matt Stanley at Kpler said the situation still isn’t “quite a long way off from being normal.”
June 18, 2026
Tesco drops after UK sales come up short, profit guide steady
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Tesco drops after UK sales come up short, profit guide steady

Tesco shares sat around 445 pence, falling roughly 2.6% on Thursday. First-quarter UK sales growth missed market estimates. The supermarket held its full-year profit guidance steady. Tesco’s miss is in focus after a year of market share gains put pressure on every trading update. Analysts were looking for UK like-for-like sales growth of roughly 2.3%. A year earlier, same-quarter growth came in at 5.1%—that was boosted by good weather and problems at Marks & Spencer and the Co-op.
June 18, 2026
BP drops on oil weakness as O’Neill reset faces pressure, Shell down too
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BP shares slip as Brent drops to 3½-month low on U.S.-Iran deal

BP shares dropped in early London action Thursday, trading near 499 pence, down about 1.2%. Crude slipped to a 3½-month low after an interim deal between Washington and Tehran that might reopen the Strait of Hormuz and bring Iranian oil back. BP shares fell again after dropping 1.68% on Wednesday. The stock was trading about 6.8% lower than Friday’s close of 534.5 pence in early action, giving up some of the gains made earlier when Middle East supplies were hit.
June 18, 2026
REA Group trades close to lows before ASX open as outlook sours
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REA Group trades close to lows before ASX open as outlook sours

REA Group was set to open Thursday in Sydney trading close to its 52-week low. Its realestate.com.au business put out a weaker housing forecast, citing higher rates and incoming federal tax changes as reasons why combined capital-city home prices should end the year about flat. ASX cash trading was still paused at 08:02 AEST. The exchange says normal trade will begin at 09:59:45 Sydney time until 16:00.
June 18, 2026
Vault Minerals gains as gold miners attract new ASX buyers, FY26 output plan in focus
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Vault Minerals gains as gold miners attract new ASX buyers, FY26 output plan in focus

Vault Minerals Limited shares were trading close to a recent high going into Thursday after gaining almost 6% in Sydney. Investors have continued to buy Australian gold miners, shrugging off a big year for capital spending at the company. VAU shares closed Wednesday at A$4.99, adding A$0.28, or 5.94%, according to ASX data. The market was in pre-open at the time of the last trade, with regular trading on the ASX set from about 09:59:45 to 16:00 Sydney time.
June 18, 2026
QBE Insurance share price stalls near 52-week high as RBA pause puts earnings outlook in focus
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QBE Insurance ticks up ahead of ASX open on capital note filing

QBE Insurance Group Limited shares finished up in Sydney, climbing 10 cents to A$23.57, a gain of 0.43%. Investors shrugged off a standard capital-market filing. The stock stays just below recent highs ahead of the ASX’s next open later Thursday. QBE is holding close to the top of its range after trading up about 3.1% from a week ago, but shares are still 2.9% off the 52-week high of A$24.28 hit on June 11. That's based on data from Intelligent Investor.
June 17, 2026
Oil drop hits Santos as rest of ASX pushes higher
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Oil drop hits Santos as rest of ASX pushes higher

Santos Limited will start Thursday’s Australian trade lower after shares ended at A$7.36 on Wednesday, off 1.21%. The session saw a wider market move out of energy stocks. ASX’s regular hours—09:59:45 to 16:00 in Sydney—were still to come at the time. S&P/ASX 200 closed 0.5% higher at 8,966, touching a 20-day high, but that masked a rough session for energy stocks. Energy dropped 2.2% and was the day’s weakest group. Tech, materials and consumer discretionary shares did most of the work.
June 17, 2026
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