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.

Coca-Cola HBC hits 52-week high after light trading as Egypt looms
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Coca-Cola HBC hits 52-week high after light trading as Egypt looms

Coca-Cola HBC AG closed Friday at 5,170p, up 0.58%. The shares set a new 52-week high during the session at 5,185p. The London market did not trade Saturday. AJ Bell valued the bottler at £18.84 billion, with a P/E of 20.44. Over five sessions, about £1.0 billion in equity value got tacked on with Investors Chronicle counting 364.46 million shares out. The numbers put the stock just 15p under Friday’s high, up 58% from the 52-week low of 3,270p.
July 5, 2026
Craneware (LON:CRW) share price: £130 million wiped out after FY26 warning as 340B timing hits growth
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Craneware (LON:CRW) share price: £130 million wiped out after FY26 warning as 340B timing hits growth

Craneware plc lost about £130 million of equity value on Friday after the healthcare software group said delayed 340B drug activity and pushed-out enterprise contracts would leave full-year revenue and profit below market expectations. London markets were closed on Saturday, so the fall stands as the last traded price for the week. The stock closed at 1,082p, down 380p, or 26.0%, from Thursday’s 1,462p close. Reported volume was 2.52 million shares, equal to about 7.4% of Craneware’s AIM securities in issue. That is the sharper investor point: a near-flat earnings reset triggered heavy churn in a stock with only 34.24 million shares in issue, excluding treasury shares.
July 4, 2026
easyJet (LON:EZJ) sees £700 million in potential takeover spreads ahead of Monday open
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easyJet (LON:EZJ) sees £700 million in potential takeover spreads ahead of Monday open

easyJet is facing a £700 million takeover-spread test before the market opens Monday. easyJet plc starts the week with its deal spread now wider than its total decline over the past week. Shares finished Friday at 558.20p, nearly flat on the day, down 4.3% from last week’s close, daily price data shows. The stock touched 544.60p during Friday’s session, falling below Castlelake’s initial 560p bid.
July 4, 2026
SSE PLC (LON:SSE) edges past market ahead of July grid spending review
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SSE PLC (LON:SSE) edges past market ahead of July grid spending review

With London markets shut until Monday, SSE PLC ended Friday at £25.07, up 1.91% for the session but still 9.4% under its April peak. About 2.0 million shares traded, well below the 50-day average MarketWatch tracks. The FTSE 100 settled at 10,679.03 and finished the week ahead, as gains in financials and precious-metals miners lifted the index, Reuters said. SSE shares didn’t move up in a straight line this week. The stock dropped Tuesday and Wednesday, according to Investing.com daily prices and FTSE 100 data from Investors’ Chronicle, but then bounced back with a 5.1% rise in the last two sessions.
July 4, 2026
Tesco share buyback on watch after stock drops from high
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Tesco share buyback on watch after stock drops from high

Tesco PLC heads into Monday trading below the level of its most recent announced buyback. Shares reached a 52-week high this week. Saturday was outside regular hours for the London Stock Exchange, which runs Monday to Friday from 0800 to 1630 BST. Tesco shares dropped 7.00p to 466.60p on Friday. It’s a minor move over the bigger picture, but stands out because Tesco picked up 4 million shares July 2 at an average 471.47p. That latest buyback is sitting above market, at least until trading starts again.
July 4, 2026
Shell stock week ahead: $3 billion disposals meet paused buyback before ARC vote
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Shell stock week ahead: $3 billion disposals meet paused buyback before ARC vote

The London Stock Exchange was shut on Saturday, its normal weekend break, leaving Shell Plc’s Friday close as the last price for the week. The stock closed at 2,891.50 pence, down 0.26% on the day, versus 2,898.00 pence at the previous Friday close. That left the shares down about 0.2% for the week, while the FTSE 100 ended Friday up 0.25%. The cleaner read for investors was not the share move. It was the cash line. Shell completed or agreed two disposals last week worth a combined $3.0 billion, exactly matching the size of its current buyback programme, which the company has paused because of securities law requirements tied to its takeover of ARC Resources. The comparison is numeric, not
July 4, 2026
National Grid’s AI investment leaves stock unmoved, Ofgem review still ahead
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National Grid’s AI investment leaves stock unmoved, Ofgem review still ahead

London markets were closed Saturday, capping a week where National Grid plc ended little changed. The London Stock Exchange runs from 0800 to 1630 local time, Monday through Friday, so the next move for the stock will come Monday when trading returns. National Grid finished Friday at 1,244p, up 1.14%. That topped the FTSE 100, which added 0.25%. Still, shares are down 12.9% from their March 2 peak of 1,428.5p. The market isn’t fully pricing National Grid’s AI push yet.
July 4, 2026
HSBC share price pushes toward analyst highs as investors brace for next buyback
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HSBC Holdings (HSBA) trades near its highest level since 1999 as analyst upside looks more limited

HSBC Holdings Plc finished the week close to where it traded before the dot-com bust. The shares listed in London closed at 1,451p on Friday, up 5.8p, or 0.4%. That leaves the price nearly aligned with most sell-side targets. HSBC’s investor page listed the last quote as of 2251 GMT on July 3. Hours on the London Stock Exchange run from 0800 to 1630, so Friday marked the latest session. The stock has gained 63.8% in the last 12 months, well ahead of the 21.0% move in the UK benchmark tracked by Trading Economics. Shares hit 1,456p on July 2, a level not seen since July 1999, and ended Friday just below AJ Bell’s 1,457p year high.
July 4, 2026
Metals Exploration (LON:MTL) finishes week up on thin trading, Runruno project in the frame
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Metals Exploration (LON:MTL) finishes week up on thin trading, Runruno project in the frame

London Stock Exchange trades Monday to Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. BST. Metals Exploration faces its next move after the weekend. Shares closed up Friday, ending a calm week on the regulatory front for the AIM-listed gold miner. Price gained, while turnover stayed flat. Metals Exploration climbed on Friday, according to Google Finance and Hargreaves Lansdown, while the FTSE AIM 100 dropped 0.28%.
July 4, 2026
Coca-Cola HBC shares hit analyst target after 35% run in 2026
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Coca-Cola HBC shares hit analyst target after 35% run in 2026

Coca-Cola HBC AG finished Friday trading close to a 52-week high. The stock added 0.58% for the day, but the bigger issue now is valuation. Shares are ahead of the average analyst target, with August results coming up and before the Coca-Cola Beverages Africa deal wraps. The London Stock Exchange was shut when this was published. Regular trading hours for Friday are 0800 to 1630 BST. Hargreaves Lansdown showed Coca-Cola HBC as closed, with quotes lagging at least 15 minutes.
July 4, 2026
Prudential closes under its average 2026 buyback price, share count still dropping
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Prudential closes under its average 2026 buyback price, share count still dropping

Prudential plc dipped 1.5p to 1,025.5p on Friday, with volume at 1.73 million shares. The insurer trailed a higher blue-chip index. Still, holders may be looking more at Prudential’s own buybacks than at the stock’s 0.15% drop for the day. Prudential said June 29 it picked up 42,942,499 shares since launching the 2026 buyback on Jan. 6, with a VWAP of 1,097.9568p. HKEX data since then show another 395,946 shares bought June 29 at £10.045 and 398,569 on June 30 at £10.0678. The new average price for the programme is around 1,096.3p.
July 4, 2026
Informa buyback math in play as Middle East event risk rises
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Informa buyback math in play as Middle East event risk rises

Informa Plc finished the London session at 916.6p, up 1.4p. Shares moved between 909.4p and 920.2p during the day. The gain lagged the UK large-cap index, which added 0.25%. Informa is up 11.7% over the last four weeks. The figure not getting much attention is the cost of cutting the share count. Informa’s latest weekly buyback filing said it bought 932,607 shares for cancellation between June 22 and June 26. The venue breakdown in the RNS points to a weighted average price near 879.35p, making the outlay around £8.2 million. The last quote on Friday was 4.2% higher than that.
July 4, 2026
Sainsbury (LON:SBRY) Q1: food up, Argos down, buyback cushions stock
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Sainsbury (LON:SBRY) Q1: food up, Argos down, buyback cushions stock

J Sainsbury plc fell on Friday, though shares kept much of their gains from the recent update. Investors are looking at a stronger grocery business while Argos and apparel continue to lag. Sainsbury’s ended Friday at 335.0p, falling 2.2p, or 0.65%. The FTSE 100 edged up 0.25%. Hargreaves Lansdown showed Sainsbury’s volume at 5.4 million shares. The London market was closed, according to the broker.
July 3, 2026
ATC Music Group (LON:ATC) jumps after £80,000 trading shifts £2.4 million in value
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ATC Music Group (LON:ATC) jumps after £80,000 trading shifts £2.4 million in value

ATC Music Group plc ended Friday up 5.71% at 185p, giving the AIM-listed music group a market cap near £44.1 million. Shares reached 189.75p during the day, matching the stock’s 52-week high. The bid was 180p and the offer 190p at the close. Liquidity stands out. Shareprices.com said 43,023 shares changed hands with a VWAP at 186.48719p, giving a traded value for the day of about £80,232. ATC has 23,812,742 ordinary shares out. A 10p gain means the market cap rose around £2.38 million, not counting bid-offer spread.
July 3, 2026
Smith & Nephew (LON:SN) buyback makes headlines as U.S. knees keep pressure on
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Smith & Nephew (LON:SN) buyback makes headlines as U.S. knees keep pressure on

Smith & Nephew plc finished Friday little changed, but trading screens saw more action in the buyback column. The medical tech firm said in a Friday RNS it repurchased 1,592,090 shares between June 26 and July 2, paying a volume-weighted average price of £11.1447 on the London Stock Exchange. Since May 8, the company has bought back 10,668,678 shares, spending $160.4 million. That leaves about $89.6 million on the first $250 million piece of the buyback, now 64% used up. The tranche is tied to the $500 million repurchase laid out with first-quarter earnings, which Smith+Nephew said they would finish inside 12 months using free cash flow and existing cash.
July 3, 2026
Oberon Investments (AQSE:OBE) holds near its lows as quiet day drags on shares
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Oberon Investments (AQSE:OBE) holds near its lows as quiet day drags on shares

Oberon Investments Group plc held at a 2.05p mid-price on the Aquis Growth Market’s Apex segment Friday, flat for the session and 7.9% above its 1.90p year low. Trading was limited to one deal at 15:41, with 487,142 shares moving at 2.02p and turnover at £9,840.27. No new headlines out this week. The latest Oberon RNS on Aquis’s site is a June 3 director/PDMR shareholding update, so Friday pricing just leans against April guidance, past funding prints and scant trading.
July 3, 2026
Aterian (LON:ATN) shares climb 8% in London with light trade
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Aterian (LON:ATN) shares climb 8% in London with light trade

Aterian PLC climbed 8% on Friday. The move came as the lightly traded London small-cap market reacted to the company shifting away from just exploration spending toward a model mixing funded field activity and mineral trading in Rwanda. The stock closed at 27p, up from 25p, after starting the session at 25.5p. LSEG data in Investors Chronicle put the day’s range between 24p and 27p. Hargreaves Lansdown reported 227,559 shares traded and showed a 26p/28p bid-offer.
July 3, 2026
Haleon stock gains as buyback math and Microsoft AI pact shift focus before H1 results
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Haleon stock gains as buyback math and Microsoft AI pact shift focus before H1 results

Haleon PLC rose for a third straight session at the London close on Friday. The Sensodyne maker has gained 4.8% since Tuesday’s close, a small but notable rebound before half-year results later this month, with the share count and cost story doing more work than sales momentum. The stock closed at 364.30p, up 1.08%, versus a 0.25% gain for the FTSE 100. The close was still 12.45% below Haleon’s 52-week high of 416.10p set on Feb. 18. Friday volume was 13.0 million shares, about 49% of the 26.38 million average shown by Investors Chronicle.
July 3, 2026
DCC (LON:DCC) share price holds below offer cash leg as spread widens
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DCC (LON:DCC) share price holds below offer cash leg as spread widens

DCC plc traded below the clean cash leg of a possible takeover offer on Friday, a sign that the market is still pricing risk into a deal that the board has said it could support. The London Stock Exchange session runs to 16:30 BST; the quote came in late trade. At 6,110p, DCC was 415p below the 6,525p cash component proposed by KKR & Co Inc and Energy Capital Partners. That is a 6.8% gap. The wider 6,672.22p headline package, which includes the proposed final dividend, sits 562.22p above the quote, or 9.2%. DCC is already marked ex-dividend in Davy’s data, so new money in the stock is likely to focus more on the cash leg than the dividend-inclusive number.
July 3, 2026
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