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.

Triad Group Plc (LON:TRD) shares jump as thin float turns small turnover into valuation test
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Triad Group Plc (LON:TRD) shares jump as thin float turns small turnover into valuation test

Triad Group Plc ended Monday with a 350p/360p sell/buy quote after touching a new 52-week high, a sharp move in a stock where the day’s volume was worth only about £69,000 at the quoted midpoint. Hargreaves Lansdown recorded volume of 19,541 shares; Triad has 17,438,579 shares in issue after a 9,191-share option exercise announced last week. The rise added about £4.36 million to market value, using the 25p marked gain and the new share count. That matters because a small amount of dealing can reset the screen price. Investors Chronicle quoted average volume of 23,600 shares and a 2.24 million-share free float.
July 6, 2026
SSE shares slip after £33bn grid plan puts spotlight on valuation
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SSE shares slip after £33bn grid plan puts spotlight on valuation

SSE PLC dropped 1.83% to 2,461p at 15:01 BST on Monday, underperforming the FTSE 100, which slipped 0.27% based on delayed numbers at 14:27 BST. According to the London Stock Exchange, July 6 is a standard trading day, running from 0800 to 1630 BST. SSE finished Thursday at £24.60, then climbed to £25.07 on Friday. By Monday afternoon, the stock had slipped to £24.61, wiping out nearly all the gain from Friday and putting shares right back near Thursday’s close.
July 6, 2026
British American Tobacco shares test buyback floor as stock slips below latest repurchase price
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British American Tobacco shares test buyback floor as stock slips below latest repurchase price

British American Tobacco p.l.c. traded below the average price it paid for its own shares last week, a small gap that gives investors a cleaner read on how much support the buyback is giving the stock after a cost-cutting plan hit about 9,000 roles. The shares were at 4,602p at 15:00 BST, down 0.41%, after opening at 4,645p and falling as low as 4,592p. The FTSE 100 was down about 0.31%. London Stock Exchange regular trading runs from 08:00 to 16:30 local time.
July 6, 2026
East Star Resources (LON:EST) shares move up 11% on thin trading after Verkhuba copper update
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East Star Resources (LON:EST) shares move up 11% on thin trading after Verkhuba copper update

East Star Resources PLC gained 10.98% to 4.55 pence in Monday trading, touching a new one-year high. The Kazakhstan copper and gold explorer saw the move on delayed retail market data. The FTSE All-Share shed 0.22% according to Fidelity’s market feed. The key figure here isn’t just the uptick, but the size of it. lse.co.uk listed a 0.30p spread, which is 6.818% of the bid price and makes up close to two-thirds of Monday’s 0.45p rise. Volume came in at 4,933,949 shares—value about £224,000 on the 4.55p quote. But the move bumped up the company’s market cap by roughly £2.5 million.
July 6, 2026
London Stock Exchange Group (LON:LSEG) edges up but stays under latest buyback price
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LSEG shares up as £16bn consensus gap draws attention to AI revenue test

London Stock Exchange Group plc moved higher on Monday in London, but the day’s uptick was not the main story for investors. Shares were at 8,776p, still well off the 12,131p target from LSEG’s analyst consensus. The stock had bounced from lows earlier this year. LSE’s main market was open, with regular hours on July 6 from 08:00 to 16:30 BST. The difference is 38.2%. Using Google Finance’s £42.34 billion market cap, that would mean around £16.2 billion in equity value if the shares go to the consensus target. The LSEG consensus list from May 8 shows 16 buy calls, zero holds, and zero sells. But the site notes its numbers come from 15 outside analyst models.
July 6, 2026
GSK (LON:GSK) rises Friday, eyes on July 28 results for sales gap check
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GSK up after HSBC upgrade, £5 bln sales gap still seen

GSK plc traded higher in London on Monday after HSBC Holdings plc boosted its rating. The bank’s upgrade gave the shares a lift, but analysts’ sales estimates are still well short of the company’s 2031 goal. GSK traded at 2,025p, up 10p or 0.5% from the last close, according to MarketWatch at 13:47 BST. Shares are still down about 11% from the 52-week high of 2,282p hit in February, but have gained 45.1% in a year.
July 6, 2026
CRISM Therapeutics (LON:CRTX) shares edge up while 10p funding line faces investor scrutiny
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CRISM Therapeutics (LON:CRTX) shares edge up while 10p funding line faces investor scrutiny

London stocks traded on their regular 0800-1630 BST schedule Monday. CRISM Therapeutics Corporation climbed to 11.50p as of 12:43 BST, moving back above the 10p mark it used for its recent equity issue and director options. Google Finance put its market cap at £9.11 million on volume of 259,330 shares, in line with average daily trades of 267,760. The AIM market didn't move as much. The FTSE AIM All-Share Index edged up 0.15% to 777.26 by 14:02 BST, while FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 were both down in the wider London session.
July 6, 2026
Barclays £500 million buyback puts retired shares £76 million in the money
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Barclays £500 million buyback puts retired shares £76 million in the money

Barclays PLC shares ticked higher Monday as other UK banks lost ground. The bank's most recent buyback looks well timed for now and capital deployment is back on the radar ahead of interim results. Barclays traded at 523.10p, up 0.15% as of 11:32 a.m. BST. NatWest Group PLC was off 0.59% and Lloyds Banking Group PLC dipped 0.35% in the same Google Finance snapshot. Barclays was still sitting about 5.6% under its 52-week high of 554.10p.
July 6, 2026
NatWest (LON:NWG) stays close to 52-week high as Evelyn deal keeps July outlook in focus
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NatWest (LON:NWG) stays close to 52-week high as Evelyn deal keeps July outlook in focus

NatWest shares are near their 52-week high in Friday trading. The Evelyn Partners deal is keeping attention on the bank’s July guidance. LONDON, July 6, 2026, 11:08 BST NatWest Group Plc edged lower in early London trading on Monday, with the stock down 0.53% at 679.20p by 10:39 BST. Shares were still strong after touching 685.60p intraday, not far from the 52-week high of 705.40p. The FTSE 100 was little changed, last at 10,678.87 at 10:42 BST.
July 6, 2026
Great Southern Copper (GSCU) readmits shares, tweaks voting base amid light trading
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Great Southern Copper (GSCU) readmits shares, tweaks voting base amid light trading

Great Southern Copper PLC said 2,416,666 new ordinary shares started trading on the London Stock Exchange at 8 a.m. Monday. The new shares bring the total issued shares and voting rights to 773,370,156. The new issue is only 0.31% of the register but it resets the denominator holders use in UK disclosure filings. The London Stock Exchange was open for its usual Monday hours at the time of the report. TradingHours had the market scheduled from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. local on July 6, and it was 11:06 BST in London.
July 6, 2026
Time Finance (LON:TIME) trades below net tangible asset value despite record lending book
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Time Finance (LON:TIME) trades below net tangible asset value despite record lending book

Time Finance plc picked up 2.00p, or 4.12%, on Friday to close the week ahead of the AIM index. The SME lender finished at 50.00p to sell and 51.00p to buy, according to AJ Bell, even as the FTSE AIM All Share slipped 0.17%. But the main number investors were watching is still on the balance sheet. Even at that level, Time Finance is still trading below its last net tangible assets figure. AJ Bell pegged the company’s market cap at £46.3 million. Time Finance said its unaudited net tangible assets were £50.1 million as of May 31. That puts the price-to-NTA at around 0.92, despite a 15% jump in the lending book.
July 6, 2026
Potter & Moore Plc (LON:PAM) stock: low multiples face early-July results test
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Potter & Moore Plc (LON:PAM) stock: low multiples face early-July results test

Potter & Moore Plc, the AIM-listed beauty and personal care maker formerly known as Creightons, ended last week with a sharp bounce. The data point for holders is less the one-day rise than the gap between its market value, cash and trailing multiples before audited FY26 results. The company confirmed in April that trading under the new Potter & Moore name and ticker PAM would start on April 24, with ISIN and SEDOL unchanged. Shares were priced by AJ Bell at 23.00p to sell and 25.00p to buy on Friday, with a 1.00p gain on the day. Volume was 73,363 shares. The year range was 20.00p to 43.00p, putting the stock 20% above the low and about 44% below the
July 5, 2026
Beauty Tech Group (LON:TBTG) stock bounces Friday ahead of liquidity questions
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Beauty Tech Group (LON:TBTG) stock bounces Friday ahead of liquidity questions

Beauty Tech Group saw shares quoted at 346p after climbing 14p, or 4.22%, on Friday. But the main number in focus was the 16p gap between bid and offer—bid was 330p. London South East reported a 4.848% spread, which is even wider than the stock’s 3.94 percentage-point outperformance against the FTSE All-Share for the day. That’s key here since Beauty Tech is priced as a growth stock with profits, but it still moves like a small cap on the market. ADVFN shows a single trade of 99,947 shares at 330p made up 38.2% of total volume for the day, which was 261,521 shares.
July 5, 2026
Castlelake closes in on £5.5bn easyJet bid, 24% deal spread remains
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Castlelake closes in on £5.5bn easyJet bid, 24% deal spread remains

easyJet said Sunday it has reached an agreement in principle with Castlelake on a sweetened 690 pence per share cash bid. The potential deal, which comes after a month of turning down earlier offers, could see the UK budget airline go private. The proposal puts easyJet’s value at as much as 5.5 billion pounds on a fully diluted basis, Reuters reported. The main number that matters to investors right now is the spread. easyJet closed at 558.20p on Friday, giving the airline a market cap of £4.23 billion, Google Finance data showed. London’s market stays closed over the weekend. The exchange is open Monday to Friday, 8:00 to 16:30.Google
July 5, 2026
Foxtons Group shares rebound Friday but still down 26% ahead of H1 results
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Foxtons Group shares rebound Friday but still down 26% ahead of H1 results

Foxtons Group saw its share price bounce on Friday, but the estate agent stayed down 26% ahead of first-half results. Foxtons Group Plc finished the week up 4.38% at 44.10 pence. The bounce hasn’t done much for the longer-term trend. Google Finance posted a last trade of 44.10p at 4:35 p.m. London time on July 3. AJ Bell reported Friday’s volume at 552,586 shares, with the company’s market cap around £130.4 million.
July 5, 2026
Paramount Skydance (NASDAQ:PSKY)-Warner Bros Discovery (NASDAQ:WBD) deal faces UK delay risk as $650 million fee lifts pressure
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Paramount Skydance (NASDAQ:PSKY)-Warner Bros Discovery (NASDAQ:WBD) deal faces UK delay risk as $650 million fee lifts pressure

Britain’s threat to review Paramount Skydance Corp’s $110 billion purchase of Warner Bros Discovery has become a balance-sheet risk for investors after a weekend report that Chancellor Rachel Reeves was angry at Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy’s challenge to the Hollywood deal. Nandy has not blocked the takeover. She said she was “minded” to intervene on public-interest grounds tied to news plurality, media control and on-demand services, and gave the companies until July 6 to respond. If she issues an intervention notice, Ofcom would assess public-interest issues and the Competition and Markets Authority would assess the merger; the CMA already has an Aug. 7 Phase 1 deadline.
July 5, 2026
IQE’s AI photonics surge fades, stock slips ahead of sales test
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IQE’s AI photonics surge fades, stock slips ahead of sales test

IQE shares gave up gains after their AI photonics rally, with the stock facing scrutiny on sales multiples after this week's late pullback. IQE plc jumped Friday, but the Cardiff wafer maker still faces investors betting on a fast switch to AI data-centre chips after weakness in handsets. Shares finished at 44.85p on July 3, a 6.79% gain for the session, while the FTSE AIM 100 dropped 0.28%. Still, the stock is off 4.2% on the week.
July 5, 2026
ASA International trades at 52-week high after index move on thin volume
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ASA International trades at 52-week high after index move on thin volume

The London Stock Exchange trades Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. local time. ASA International Group PLC closed out last week at 270.00 GBp and doesn’t see trading resume until Monday. The company’s site listed regulatory news from June 19, June 18, June 9, and June 3. Friday brought a striking move for the small-cap lender. Fidelity data showed ASAI sitting at a 268p/272p spread late in the session, up 18p, or 7.14%, at 16:51 BST. Shares hit a session peak at 278p, matching the year high. The stock traded down to 250p, putting the intraday swing at 11.2%.
July 5, 2026
GCAP £4.6bn fighter deal puts UK budget hold to the test
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GCAP £4.6bn fighter deal puts UK budget hold to the test

Britain, Italy and Japan have moved their sixth-gen fighter project into a spend-rate check, putting £4.6 billion behind Edgewing for just 18 months. This is not a production contract. The deal pays for the end of the advanced concept effort and more design and development work on GCAP, the Global Combat Air Programme. The number puts more detail on a programme that investors had mostly watched through long-term defence pledges. At £255.6 million a month if spread out evenly, the new award is about 6.7 times bigger than April’s bridge contract, which comes out to £3.1 billion a year. The UK’s own four-year GCAP budget stands at £8.6 billion, or £2.15 billion annually before factoring in Italy and Japan’s contributions.
July 5, 2026
Student loan SAVE delay shifts investor focus to $485 billion forbearance pool
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Student loan limits leave private lenders short in med school funding

New limits on U.S. student loans kicked in this week, and the gap is showing up in med schools. The $200,000 federal lifetime cap for professional degrees will pay for roughly two-thirds of the median four-year bill at a public med school. At private med schools, the cap covers less than half the cost. That gap is what matters to investors. The change doesn’t just lower federal risk. It pushes some grad school borrowing away from the government and into private loans, scholarships from schools, family help, or students waiting to enroll. So the issue for SLM Corp, Sallie Mae’s parent, and SoFi Technologies is how much of what’s lost will show up as new private loans, and how much
July 5, 2026
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