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.

Rolls-Royce trades close to highs as buyback leeway narrows ahead of July earnings
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Rolls-Royce trades close to highs as buyback leeway narrows ahead of July earnings

Rolls-Royce Holdings plc goes into its July results with a clear share buyback figure on the books. By looking at daily data in its July 1 filing, the company bought 4,007,376 shares between June 23 and June 29 at an average price of about 1,409p, or around £56.5 million. Shares traded near 1,455p on Thursday morning, so that means last week's buys were roughly 3.3% under the market price. Rolls-Royce’s buyback gap has widened. The company said it has bought 74,601,999 shares so far in its active programme at a weighted average price of 1,212.92p. That price is almost 20% under Thursday’s level, and the buybacks total about £905 million, or 39% of the £2.3 billion programme outlined in its
July 2, 2026
Lloyds’ Halifax rebrand puts 36% of branch estate behind one UK banking brand
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Lloyds’ Halifax rebrand puts 36% of branch estate behind one UK banking brand

Lloyds Banking Group plc will retire Halifax from UK high streets after 173 years, turning a brand decision into a live test of customer stickiness at Britain’s biggest retail bank. The company said Halifax will stop opening new accounts, existing Halifax customers will start using the Lloyds app in the coming months, and accounts will be rebranded over time. The sharper number is 190. That is the Halifax branch count inside a 531-site Lloyds estate, or about 35.8% of the group’s physical network. From early 2027, those branches will get Lloyds signs. Lloyds said there are no role reductions tied to Wednesday’s announcement and no changes to previously announced branch plans.
July 2, 2026
Vodafone (LON:VOD) slips as Safaricom move doesn’t help FTSE laggard
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Vodafone drops under 100p; Safaricom puts focus on Africa challenge

Vodafone Group Public Limited Company ended Wednesday in the red, but the single-day drop is not what caught investors’ attention. The bigger point was that shares sank through the 100p mark just a day after Vodafone moved to consolidate Kenya’s Safaricom, locking in a quicker-growing African unit as questions still swirl around Germany, debt and cash flow. Vodafone ended at 98.48p in London, slipping 1.12p on the day. The FTSE 100 dropped 0.18%, according to Hargreaves Lansdown. AJ Bell tracked Vodafone's volume at a bit above 69 million shares, with market cap roughly 22.68 billion pounds.
July 2, 2026
GB Group shares rise as buyback reduces shares to under 230 million
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GB Group shares rise as buyback reduces shares to under 230 million

Shares of GB Group Plc surged Wednesday as new filings showed the buyback program reduced the share count to under 230 million. Investors got a clearer look at per-share gains soon after the company’s annual results had already pointed to buyback-driven accretion. GBG shares finished the London session at 212.00p on the buy side and 211.50p to sell, up 14.60p or 7.40%, according to Hargreaves Lansdown. Volume was 1.94 million shares. The stock last closed at 197.40p, with a market cap quoted at £486.59 million. The FTSE 250 added 1.38%.
July 2, 2026
IntelliAM AI (AQSE:INT) closes July lightly, ARR stays key for valuation
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IntelliAM AI (AQSE:INT) closes July lightly, ARR stays key for valuation

IntelliAM AI ended July with thin volumes, so the valuation call is still on ARR, not the tape. IntelliAM AI plc closed Wednesday at 82.5 pence on Aquis, holding steady at the exchange’s stated mid price. But the spread told a different story — 75p bid, 90p ask, putting it at 18.2% of the mid. The Aquis data listed a market cap of £16.17 million. Shares sit just 6.5% above the 77.5p low from earlier this year and remain 44.1% under the 147.5p high.
July 2, 2026
Unilever slips after volume beat; focus turns to July pricing test
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Unilever edges ahead of FTSE 100 with July buyback in focus

Unilever PLC outperformed a weaker London market Wednesday. A fresh July 1 filing showed 30.7 million shares now held in treasury following the company’s €1.5 billion buyback. The stock ended the day at 4,561.50p, up 34p, or 0.75%. Volume hit 2.72 million shares, making up 42% of the 65-day average. The FTSE 100 slipped 18.78 points, or 0.18%, to 10,478.34.
July 1, 2026
Cohort shares climb as contract backlog comes close to market cap after UK defence order
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Cohort shares climb as contract backlog comes close to market cap after UK defence order

Cohort plc surged Wednesday, as small and mid-cap UK defence stocks caught a bid after Britain announced a new defence investment plan. Cohort closed at 1,338p, up 108p, or 8.78%. Valuation is the key issue. Cohort said in a voting-rights notice Wednesday it had 47,046,227 ordinary shares out, with no treasury shares. At 1,338p per share, that puts equity at around £629 million. The company’s last trading update showed a closing order book of about £620 million. Order book isn’t profit, but with that ratio, it could be important going into full-year results.
July 1, 2026
Glencore edges lower as Congo cobalt shutdown sets up July output test
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Glencore edges lower as Congo cobalt shutdown sets up July output test

Glencore plc edged lower in London Wednesday, but the real trade could be timing the next major release. The company scheduled July 29 for its 2026 half-year production report, putting focus on whether Glencore can hold the line on cobalt shipments from Congo and keep copper output on the ramp it set out in April. Glencore's website showed shares at 512.30p as of 17:17 GMT, off 1.50p, with a 10-minute price delay. The stock barely budged while London shares slipped. The FTSE 100 ended off 0.2% as healthcare and energy names weighed. Precious metals miners led gainers, rising 3.3%, according to Reuters.
July 1, 2026
IAG stock dips as buyback runs into fuel-cost pressure
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IAG stock dips as buyback runs into fuel-cost pressure

International Consolidated Airlines Group SA dropped more than the wider UK market on Wednesday. Shares in the British Airways owner slid back into the range where it was buying back stock last week. IAG’s London CDI finished at 468.60p/468.80p according to Hargreaves Lansdown, slipping 8.70p, or 1.82%. The FTSE 100 ended the day off 18.78 points, or 0.18%, at 10,478.34. IAG’s drop was about 10 times bigger than the main index move.
July 1, 2026
Time To ACT (AQSE:TTA) jumps after lone trade, 24% spread holds
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Time To ACT (AQSE:TTA) jumps after lone trade, 24% spread holds

AQSE shut before the deadline, with usual trading hours from 0800 to 1630. Time To ACT plc didn't see normal liquid recovery action on Wednesday. Only one trade went through—30,000 shares at 13.75p, or £4,125. The official mid sat at 12.50p, with bid at 11p and ask at 14p. The latest trade printed 22.2% above the previous Aquis trade. That earlier trade was 13,461 shares at 11.25p on June 29. But the share price didn't leap in a single move—Aquis kept the mid unchanged, showing a 0.0% change. For investors, this kind of tape shows execution risk. A small order can push the trade price but barely move the official mid.
July 1, 2026
Critical Mineral Resources stock moves higher after CMR valuation split on share count and Morocco cut-offs
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Critical Mineral Resources stock moves higher after CMR valuation split on share count and Morocco cut-offs

Critical Mineral Resources PLC traded higher Wednesday, despite no new news from the company. Investors looked at share count and what copper cut-off grade will show up when the Morocco asset gets its first resource estimate. HL quoted the shares after the London close at 2.00p to sell and 2.20p to buy, up 0.20p or 10.53%. Volume came in at 384,774 shares. Investing.com put the same volume at about 25% of the stock's 1.57 million three-month average—light dealing for the size of the move.
July 1, 2026
DCC shares: ex-dividend adjustment narrows takeover spread ahead of July cutoff
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DCC shares: ex-dividend adjustment narrows takeover spread ahead of July cutoff

DCC plc closed Wednesday trading 5.6% under the cash leg of an updated private-equity bid. The discount widens to 7.7% when factoring in the proposed final dividend. The gap is key for risk-arb pricing. The deal puts DCC at 6,672.22p a share, but that includes a 147.22p final dividend. Google Finance listed May 28 as the ex-dividend date, and Hargreaves Lansdown also had the stock ex-dividend on Wednesday. For new buyers, the 6,525p cash offer is the relevant figure.
July 1, 2026
Diageo shares drop again, FTSE lagging despite valuation discount
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Diageo shares drop again, FTSE lagging despite valuation discount

Diageo plc dropped for a second day on Wednesday, with shares quoted at 1,480p to sell and 1,490p to buy as of 16:46 BST. That’s down 2.56%, based on a delayed Barclays price feed. The report timestamp was 17:04 BST, after the regular London session ended at 16:30. Diageo closed down 2.81% at £15.23 on Tuesday, trading lower than its usual levels, even as the FTSE 100 edged up 0.12%. About 5.2 million shares changed hands, under the 50-day average of 5.4 million, according to MarketWatch.
July 1, 2026
Meta Platforms to Charge Advertisers New Fees in Europe to Cover Digital Taxes
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Meta (NASDAQ:META) AI spending report triggers $137 billion swing in stock value

Meta Platforms shares rallied Wednesday after a report said the Facebook owner could start renting out extra AI computing power. The move would shake up the main stock debate, which had centered on whether Meta’s AI spending was too high to pay off. Reuters, via Bloomberg, said Meta is working on a cloud business that might sell access to AI models on its servers and could also offer raw compute capacity for sale. The swing in the market forced a shift in the numbers. Meta was last quoted at $616.64, up $53.35, or 9.5%, from its previous finish at $563.29. That move puts about $136.8 billion more on Meta’s market cap, nearly matching the $135 billion middle of its $125
July 1, 2026
Barclays gains on FTSE after £500m buyback priced below market

Barclays gains on FTSE after £500m buyback priced below market

Barclays PLC traded ahead of the London market on Wednesday after a new U.S. filing showed its latest £500 million buyback wiped out shares at prices under the market level. Shares last changed hands at 511.6p, rising 0.99% at 14:32 BST. Fifteen minutes later, the FTSE 100 was at 10,463.74, down 0.32%.
July 1, 2026
Shell stock falls as focus shifts to buybacks after $1.7B Gulf deal

Shell stock falls as focus shifts to buybacks after $1.7B Gulf deal

Shell Plc slipped in London on Wednesday. A $1.7 billion asset sale did bring some cash news, but it didn’t offset the drag from a buyback pause and softer crude. Shell’s page showed shares at 2,884.50 pence at 13:17 GMT; Hargreaves Lansdown quoted 2,879.50/2,880.00p, off 53p, or 1.81%. The FTSE 100 dropped 0.29% to 10,466.74, AJ Bell data showed. London’s session was running, with the market open from 0800 to 1630 local time. The key number here is what Shell is getting for older Gulf oil. Shell is selling its 50% non-operated in Na Kika and the full Coulomb tieback to Talos Energy Inc and Ridgewood Energy for $1.7 billion, subject to adjustments and contingent payouts. Shell says these assets
July 1, 2026
FTSE 250 edges past FTSE 100 as CMC and defence names help offset commodity drop
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FTSE 250 edges past FTSE 100 as CMC and defence names help offset commodity drop

UK stocks split by size on Wednesday. The FTSE 100 finished 66.01 points lower at 10,431.11, near the session bottom of 10,429.17. The FTSE 250 put on 74.82 points to close at 23,088.27, shrugging off stronger gilt yields. Commodity exporters took the hit, with midcaps up on a sharp move in one trading-platform stock and a push in defence shares. The split is key since it complicates the idea that the “UK market” is just moving lower. FTSE 100 had just closed out its sixth straight quarterly gain, rising in 11 of the last 12 months. FTSE 250 posted its biggest quarterly jump in five quarters, Reuters said. Wednesday’s session looked more like a shift in sectors and earnings than
July 1, 2026
NIOX Group gains 7% but trails last year’s 81p per share offer
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NIOX Group gains 7% but trails last year’s 81p per share offer

NIOX Group Plc ended Tuesday at 59.60 pence, up 4.00p, or 7.19%. Trading volume was 2.87 million shares. The company’s market value stood at roughly 250.7 million pounds, according to ADVFN. London’s market was already closed by reporting time. London Stock Exchange hours run 0800 to 1630. NIOX jumped, leading the small-cap market. The FTSE AIM All-Share closed at 772.17, rising 0.27%. The FTSE 100 finished up 0.12% at 10,497.12.
July 1, 2026
Intertek trades at 3.3% discount to EQT offer after dividend
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Intertek trades at 3.3% discount to EQT offer after dividend

Intertek Group plc traded as a deal-spread name on Tuesday, with shares holding a minor gap to EQT AB’s agreed cash bid after the final dividend detached. The market saw little focus on earnings here. Shares were shown at 5,805p to sell and 5,810p to buy on Hargreaves Lansdown, with the shares flagged as "Bid situation." The FTSE 100 added 12.90 points, up 0.12% at 10,497.12 at 16:35 BST.
June 30, 2026
Rightmove (LON:RMV) share price: buyback keeps running as UK housing data weakens
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Rightmove (LON:RMV) share price: buyback keeps running as UK housing data weakens

Rightmove plc was trading little changed on Tuesday, but the better story for investors was not the tick-by-tick move. The property portal is buying stock at almost the same level as the market price, just as UK housing data points to fewer deals for the agents and developers that pay for its platform. Rightmove said on Monday it bought 160,000 shares at 441.731p each through UBS AG London Branch. The purchase cost about £707,000 and cut shares in issue, excluding treasury shares, to 745.56 million. On Friday, it bought 165,000 shares at 429.117p. The two trading days took 325,000 shares out of issue, about 0.044% of the latest share count, for roughly £1.41 million.
June 30, 2026
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