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.

Qube Holdings (ASX:QUB) trades with 0.8% cash spread to Macquarie offer
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Qube Holdings (ASX:QUB) trades with 0.8% cash spread to Macquarie offer

Qube Holdings Ltd finished the week trading more like a stub than a freight company, as investors priced the remaining risk in the Macquarie Group Ltd Asset Management buyout at around 4.15 Australian cents a share. Friday's close at A$5.105 is below the A$5.1465 payout current holders stand to get if the scheme goes ahead as per the company's timetable. That payout combines A$4.80 in scheme consideration and an expected A$0.3465 special dividend. The A$0.0535 interim dividend, which brought the offer to A$5.20, only counted for shares held on March 4.
June 27, 2026
Telstra Group Limited closes week up as buyback terms set stage for next ASX move
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Telstra Group Limited closes week up as buyback terms set stage for next ASX move

Telstra Group Limited starts the week just above the average price from its finished A$1.25 billion buyback. That small margin is one reason shares have held around A$5.15 instead of trying for their May peak. Telstra Group shares ended Friday at A$5.15, gaining 0.19% from Thursday. The stock rose 1.58% over the past week, market data show. Shares traded between A$5.12 and A$5.19 during the session. The price remains below the 52-week high of A$5.58.
June 26, 2026
EQT AB (STO:EQT) offer keeps Intertek Group plc (LON:ITRK) stock in check amid more Rule 8 disclosures
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EQT AB (STO:EQT) offer keeps Intertek Group plc (LON:ITRK) stock in check amid more Rule 8 disclosures

Intertek Group plc ticked up Friday even as London’s blue chips slipped. Shares in the product-testing firm looked like a takeover play, not trading on demand stories. Google Finance put Intertek at 5,805p, just 15p off its 52-week high of 5,820p. The FTSE 100 dropped 92.64 points to 10,437.25. Live spread is tight, but still there. Friday’s quote is 195p below EQT’s £60-per-share cash offer, putting the discount at 3.25%, which works out to about a 3.4% gross return for anyone who buys now and holds until close, before costs. EQT’s bid puts Intertek’s equity value near £9.3 billion on the cash leg, or £9.5 billion when factoring in the final dividend.
June 26, 2026
Lloyds trades close to 52-week high as buyback pressures premium price
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Lloyds trades close to 52-week high as buyback pressures premium price

Lloyds Banking Group plc shares barely moved in London on Friday. Still, the price stands out. The company is running buybacks at roughly 110p, near a 52-week high. That’s close to double the latest tangible net asset value. The shares traded at 109.95p, slipping 0.09% at 1155 BST. Google Finance data showed a 52-week high of 114.60p and a low of 72.85p. The stock is sitting about 4.1% below that top and stands near 51% above its 52-week low. The FTSE 100 fell 0.75% at 1139 BST.
June 26, 2026
Pro Medicus (ASX:PME) up A$669m in market cap after Echo IQ (ASX:EIQ) AI agreement
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Pro Medicus (ASX:PME) up A$669m in market cap after Echo IQ (ASX:EIQ) AI agreement

Pro Medicus Ltd went into the ASX pre-open on Friday after shares surged Thursday, pushing its market move well past the cash exposure in its latest deal with Echo IQ Ltd. Shares added 3.58% to A$185.39 Thursday. The S&P/ASX 200 dropped 0.68%. The A$6.40 move put about A$669 million on the table, with 104.47 million shares out. The biggest possible investment in Echo IQ is A$20 million.
June 25, 2026
Westpac (ASX:WBC) falls, A$2.5 billion wiped as Judo credit jolt hits
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Westpac (ASX:WBC) falls, A$2.5 billion wiped as Judo credit jolt hits

Westpac Banking Corporation heads into Friday after dropping A$0.72 on Thursday. The move came as a credit shock from Judo Capital Holdings Limited put pressure on Australian bank stocks. Westpac’s loss erased around A$2.46 billion in market value based on its 3.42 billion shares. That’s about 3.7 times more than the estimated A$660 million Judo lost. Westpac finished at A$35.06, coming off an intraday low of A$34.96. The S&P/ASX 200 slipped 0.68% to 8,748.70, while Westpac dropped by nearly triple that pace. Shares closed 19.1% under the 52-week top of A$43.32.
June 25, 2026
CSL (ASX:CSL) stock bounces A$12 billion as US dollar helps healthcare
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CSL (ASX:CSL) stock bounces A$12 billion as US dollar helps healthcare

CSL Limited climbed A$2.66 to A$117.65 on Thursday. The stock is up 5.0% over two sessions. Healthcare names rose 2.6%, while the broader Australian market traded lower. ASX moves on Tuesday had the feel of a currency and sector play, not a reaction to CSL earnings. The Aussie dollar fell to 68.91 US cents, lifting the local dollar value of earnings made in US dollars. IG analyst Tony Sycamore said a “renewed slide in key commodity prices” was the driver as the US dollar got stronger.
June 25, 2026
Commonwealth Bank of Australia (ASX:CBA) drops A$3.5 billion on Judo Capital (ASX:JDO) warning
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Commonwealth Bank of Australia (ASX:CBA) drops A$3.5 billion on Judo Capital (ASX:JDO) warning

Commonwealth Bank of Australia shed around A$3.5 billion in market cap on Thursday as Judo Capital’s bad-loan alert weighed on Australian banks. CBA dropped less than the other Big Four banks in percentage terms, but its big valuation made the drop in dollars much steeper than Judo’s. CBA finished A$2.09 down at A$162.70. That 1.27% fall cut about A$3.50 billion off its closing market value of A$272.27 billion, which is roughly 5.3 times the A$660 million market cap loss at Judo.
June 25, 2026
Weir Group drops, £3.1 billion wiped out as 2026 profit forecast cut 2.6%
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Weir Group drops, £3.1 billion wiped out as 2026 profit forecast cut 2.6%

Weir Group PLC shares slipped Thursday, dropping 0.6% to 2,368 pence at 1453 BST, even after JPMorgan Chase & Co raised its price target. The stock has dropped 34% since February, outpacing the reduction in 2026 profit estimates. FTSE 100 was up. The stock is trading 33.9% under its high of 3,580p from February 26. That drop, with the current market cap near £6.1 billion, wipes about £3.1 billion off the company’s equity value.
June 25, 2026
Barratt Redrow jumps 12% after Phoenix backs buyback at 32% tangible book discount
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Barratt Redrow jumps 12% after Phoenix backs buyback at 32% tangible book discount

Barratt Redrow plc was up 5.2% at 295.7p Thursday afternoon. The two-day rally since Tuesday’s close is 12.2%. Market cap stood at around £4.14 billion. Shares are still down 37.8% from the 52-week high. FTSE 100 rose 0.85% at 1331 BST, up 1.2% since Tuesday’s close. Barratt’s stock jumped enough over two sessions to outperform the index by about 11 percentage points.
June 25, 2026
Standard Chartered up 6% in the week, ahead of FTSE 100
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Standard Chartered (LON:STAN) gains after $1.5 billion buyback reduces shares

Standard Chartered PLC gained 1.1% to 2,056 pence during Thursday afternoon in London, trading ahead of the FTSE 100’s 0.8% rise. The price quote lagged by at least 15 minutes. Standard Chartered said it finished its $1.5 billion buyback after picking up another 539,518 shares on Wednesday. In total, the bank bought back 62,797,188 shares at an average of £17.803262. After cancelling those shares, 2.191 billion shares remain outstanding.
June 25, 2026
Compass Group share price climbs, 52-week data thrown by dollar move
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Compass Group share price climbs, 52-week data thrown by dollar move

Compass Group PLC gained 0.46% to $32.60 as of 1254 BST on Thursday. Market data showed a 52-week high at $2,748, which was more than 84 times the latest price, though the numbers were not comparable dollar values. FTSE 100 gains 0.46% to 10,509.54. Compass shares had no new company news, with the last filing on the RNS list a June 1 voting-rights notice.
June 25, 2026
BAE Systems Share Price Falls 3%; £500 Million Buyback Can Retire 8% More Shares
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BAE Systems Share Price Falls 3%; £500 Million Buyback Can Retire 8% More Shares

BAE Systems plc fell 3.0% to 1,769.04 pence at 11:59 BST in midday London trading. The FTSE 100 was up 0.3% earlier in the session, while BAE stood 25% below its 52-week high of 2,360 pence. The drop changes the arithmetic on BAE’s buyback. The company finished its second tranche after retiring 26,088,012 shares at an average 1,916.59 pence for about £500 million. It then opened a third tranche of up to £500 million, due to finish by June 30, 2027.
June 25, 2026
Lloyds shares close to 109p after smaller buyback boost to share count
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Lloyds shares close to 109p after smaller buyback boost to share count

Lloyds Banking Group plc climbed roughly 1.2% to about 109 pence on Thursday, ahead of the FTSE 100. With the stock up, its £1.75 billion buyback will take out fewer shares per pound. Lloyds picked up 5 million shares on June 24, paying a volume-weighted average price of 108.3071 pence, according to a filing. Trades came in between 107.55 pence and 108.90 pence. Lloyds plans to cancel the shares.
June 25, 2026
Shell stock slides as Brent slips under $74, buyback remains on hold after ARC decision
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Shell holds steady as Brent slides; ARC premium narrows

Shell Plc dropped 0.7% to 2,926 pence Thursday morning at 1000 BST. The FTSE 100 gained 0.28%. Brent for August slipped 1.44% to $72.68 by 0639 GMT, marking the weakest price since February 27. Shell shares are down 9.1% since closing at 3,220.5p on June 12, the day the company paused its buyback. Brent crude has fallen 16.8% from its $87.33 settlement that session. Shell’s slide works out to around 55% of the decline in crude.
June 25, 2026
HSBC (LSE: HSBA) trades close to highs as London keeps edge on Hong Kong
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HSBC trades close to 52-week high, price-to-book at five-year top

HSBC Holdings Plc was quoted close to its 52-week high Thursday, with Google Finance putting the stock up 0.5% at 1,436.4 pence as of 0849 BST. That was just 1.3% under the 1,456-pence top. HSBC’s price-to-book ratio hit 1.67, the highest in five years and over double the 0.82 median, according to FTSE Russell data from June 23. The shares climbed 63.1% across 52 weeks and are up 23.2% in 2024. That’s ahead of the FTSE 350 by 45.4 points for the year and 18.5 points for 2024.
June 25, 2026
Orica (ASX:ORI) jumps with strong volume, adds almost A$1 billion after results
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Orica (ASX:ORI) jumps with strong volume, adds almost A$1 billion after results

Australian shares were still in pre-open at the dateline. Regular trading on the cash market is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sydney time. Orica Limited heads into Thursday coming off its biggest one-day gain since June 18. Shares are little changed over the past month. The stock is up 21.5% in the past year. The benchmark finished Wednesday at 8,808.4.
June 25, 2026
Brambles (ASX:BXB) shares rise but buyback leaves US repair gap,
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Brambles (ASX:BXB) shares rise but buyback leaves US repair gap,

Brambles Limited outperformed the market by 0.93 percentage point Wednesday. The ASX cash market sat in pre-open as of the dateline, with trading set to begin just before 10 a.m. Sydney time. Brambles’ latest buyback filing shows it bought 8,488,423 shares for A$152.42 million through June 22. Weighted average was around A$17.96 per share, which is A$1.11 below Wednesday’s closing price. Using the A$19.07 share price, those shares would now be worth A$9.5 million more than what Brambles paid. This is a measure of execution, not accounting profit.
June 25, 2026
REA Group sinks to year low, still well below buyback average
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REA Group sinks to year low, still well below buyback average

REA shares barely moved at the close, up 6 cents or 0.05%. But the stock stayed pinned near the session bottom, ending only 14 cents off the day’s low. Trading hit 621,000 shares—about 61% more than the 386,540 average on Google Finance. Trailing P/E stood at 30.35. REA’s buyback hasn’t worked out in its favor. The company shelled out A$199,999,934.31 to repurchase 1,257,405 shares at an average price of A$159.06. At Wednesday’s close, that same amount could pick up around 1.52 million shares, 21% more.
June 25, 2026
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