Marcin Frąckiewicz

Marcin Frąckiewicz is the CEO of TS2 Space and a longtime technology entrepreneur focused on telecommunications, satellite communications and digital innovation. A graduate of the Warsaw School of Economics (SGH), he writes about space technology, artificial intelligence and publicly traded technology companies. His analysis covers major market trends, emerging technologies and the businesses shaping the future of the global economy.

Rio Tinto plc stock price falls 5% as metals slump and China iron ore worries deepen
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Rio Tinto plc stock price falls 5% as metals slump and China iron ore worries deepen

Rio Tinto Plc shares dropped roughly 5% to 6,322 pence late Thursday in London, as selling hit miners hard with metals prices sliding and the FTSE 100 losing ground. The stock lagged the wider UK market, which was coping with another surge in oil prices. Rio’s reliance on iron ore hasn’t changed, and that’s coming into focus as new figures from China fail to ease demand concerns. Over January and February 2026, China brought in 210.02 million metric tons of iron ore. But steel production dropped 3.6%, while inventories at ports surged to a record 166.91 million tons. The material isn’t being used—it’s piling up.
March 19, 2026
Oil Briefly Tops $119 as Iran Strikes and Hawkish Fed Deepen Stock Selloff
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Oil Briefly Tops $119 as Iran Strikes and Hawkish Fed Deepen Stock Selloff

Oil jumped above $119 a barrel for a moment on Thursday, rattled by Iranian strikes on Gulf energy infrastructure. That move shook up markets that were already on edge as the Federal Reserve grows warier regarding rate cuts. Brent later eased to roughly $113.40, but the surge was enough to refocus traders on inflation. This oil shock is hitting just as U.S. producer prices jumped 0.7% in February—up 3.4% from a year ago—and with the Fed raising its inflation forecast for 2026. Gas at the pump? Now averaging $3.88 a gallon, that’s roughly 30% higher than prewar levels, making it more likely that both households and businesses get squeezed by another spike in fuel costs.
March 19, 2026
Anglo American Stock Price Today: Shares Sink Nearly 8% as Metals Slide, Teck Deal Timeline in Focus
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Anglo American Stock Price Today: Shares Sink Nearly 8% as Metals Slide, Teck Deal Timeline in Focus

Anglo American dropped close to 8% on Thursday, with miners broadly under pressure as metals lost ground and traders readied for higher rates sticking around. According to Reuters/LSEG data, shares landed at 2,860 pence, down 7.68%, after touching a low of 2,838 pence. Anglo faces this latest hurdle just as it’s juggling a lot: the London-listed miner is pushing ahead with its $53 billion all-share deal for Teck Resources, seeking buyers for De Beers, and doubling down on copper. All this, while growth-sensitive names get tossed around by an oil shock and stronger dollar.
March 19, 2026
Silver Price Today Falls Below $67 as Fed Hold Meets Supply Crunch Warnings
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Silver Price Today Falls Below $67 as Fed Hold Meets Supply Crunch Warnings

Silver dropped to around $67 an ounce in New York on Thursday morning, deepening its recent slide as a jump in oil prices and renewed inflation fears drove investors away from precious metals. Fortune’s daily price page listed silver at $66.93 at 9 a.m. ET, a tumble of $10.84 from the previous day. Reuters was quoting spot silver at $67.26 just before 8:46 a.m. ET. Silver’s decline stands out, squeezed from both sides. While the Fed keeps rates locked and inflation creeps higher—conditions that typically weigh on non-yielding metals—a Kitco piece picked up by FXStreet on Wednesday flagged tightening supply. The Silver Institute isn’t budging either: a sixth consecutive year of structural deficit is still in the cards as demand
March 19, 2026
Gold Prices and Silver Prices Hit One-Month Lows as Fed Inflation Warning Outweighs War Fears
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Gold Prices and Silver Prices Hit One-Month Lows as Fed Inflation Warning Outweighs War Fears

NEW YORK, March 19, 2026, 09:15 EDT. Gold dropped 2.7% to $4,687.19 an ounce by 1125 GMT, with prices sliding to $4,665.69—levels last seen on Feb. 6. Silver fared worse, tumbling 6.3% to $70.65 after touching $69.95, also a low dating back to Feb. 6. Investors turned away from the metals after the Federal Reserve’s rate move pushed up Treasury yields and lifted the dollar, sidelining gold and silver’s safe-haven draw even as the Middle East conflict drags on.
March 19, 2026
Why Rolls-Royce Holdings plc Stock Price Fell as Oil Shock and BoE Hold Hit FTSE 100
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Why Rolls-Royce Holdings plc Stock Price Fell as Oil Shock and BoE Hold Hit FTSE 100

Shares of Rolls-Royce Holdings tumbled Thursday, with the engine maker landing near the bottom of the FTSE 100 as oil prices surged and traders braced for tougher UK monetary policy. According to LSEG data published on Reuters, the stock dropped 5.66% to 1,184.5 pence. The blue-chip index slipped 2.83%. Just weeks ago, Rolls-Royce surprised the market with results that blew past expectations. In February, the company hiked its guidance, announced plans for a £7 billion to £9 billion share repurchase between 2026 and 2028, and shares surged to all-time highs as profit jumped 40%.
March 19, 2026
Glencore plc Stock Price Falls Today as Copper Slide and Bank of England Hold Hit Miners
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Glencore plc Stock Price Falls Today as Copper Slide and Bank of England Hold Hit Miners

Glencore shares slid 4.2% in London trading on Thursday, dropping to 503.7 pence by 12:40 GMT as miners and other growth-sensitive stocks came under pressure. That put the stock 22.2 pence below its prior close, according to company and exchange figures. Glencore was trading near its highest level in a year heading into the session. Shares finished Wednesday at 525.9 pence, according to Financial Times market data, leaving them 3.77% shy of the 52-week high—546.5 pence, posted on March 2.
March 19, 2026
Shell Plc Stock Price Today: Shares Slip as Qatar Pearl Outage Cools Oil-Fueled Rally
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Shell Plc Stock Price Today: Shares Slip as Qatar Pearl Outage Cools Oil-Fueled Rally

Shell Plc dropped 1.1% to 3,423.5 pence in London trading Thursday, pulling back from a fresh 52-week high at 3,489 pence, after news that its Pearl gas-to-liquids facility in Qatar has shut down. The company cited Iranian strikes on Ras Laffan Industrial City as the reason for halting production to evaluate potential damage. Investors are caught between two opposing pressures here. On one side, a rise in crude and gas prices tends to boost earnings for integrated oil giants. But Shell faces a unique risk: it owns Pearl outright, and that asset was directly affected during the most recent flare-up.
March 19, 2026
BP Stock Price Rises on German Refinery Sale, Bigger Cost-Cut Goal and Oil Spike
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BP Stock Price Rises on German Refinery Sale, Bigger Cost-Cut Goal and Oil Spike

BP shares gained Thursday, climbing 2.4% to roughly 569 pence by midday in London. The oil major has struck a deal to offload its Gelsenkirchen refinery in Germany to Klesch Group and has also raised its cost-cutting target for 2027. Timing’s key here. BP’s shares are picking up a boost unique to the company, just as crude spikes—Brent shot past $119 a barrel, then cooled off to $113.40 by 1237 GMT. London’s oil and gas sector smashed a record high, though the FTSE 100 still slipped 1.9% amid wider market jitters.
March 19, 2026
Woodside Energy Share Price Near Flat as New CEO Liz Westcott Flags Louisiana LNG Priority
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Woodside Energy Share Price Near Flat as New CEO Liz Westcott Flags Louisiana LNG Priority

Woodside Energy barely budged in Sydney, ending Wednesday’s session up 0.06%, after new CEO Liz Westcott singled out the $17.5 billion Louisiana LNG project as a top focus. Over in the U.S., Woodside’s ADRs were quoted at $22.85, up about 1%. The muted response at home signals investors are looking for concrete progress, not just a change at the top. The stakes are higher for Westcott now, with a weaker 2026 production forecast and plenty of competing projects on the table. Woodside is looking to offload a 20% slice of its Louisiana LNG venture — that's liquefied natural gas, cooled down for export — even as it pushes Scarborough toward first cargo this year, eyes a 2028 launch for Trion,
March 19, 2026
Northern Star Resources Ltd Stock Price Slips Below A$20 as Output Cut Sparks Fresh Doubts
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Northern Star Resources Ltd Stock Price Slips Below A$20 as Output Cut Sparks Fresh Doubts

Northern Star Resources shares hovered near A$19.6, down from Wednesday’s A$20.95 finish, as the miner faced another wave of investor recalculations after its second production downgrade for fiscal 2026 in just three months, plus new broker target reductions. The timing is hard to miss, with the selloff landing while gold prices hover around US$5,100 an ounce, according to Morningstar. Northern Star, though, is still far off its A$31.96 peak from earlier this month. The story now is less about tracking the gold price, more about execution risk—concerns that operations at Kalgoorlie and Jundee could stumble or miss targets are taking over.
March 19, 2026
CSL Limited Stock Price Drops as HEMGENIX Shortage Overshadows Fresh Buyback
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CSL Limited Stock Price Drops as HEMGENIX Shortage Overshadows Fresh Buyback

CSL Ltd repurchased 74,167 more shares on March 18, yet the stock ended the session 2.23% lower at A$138.00. Investors weighed a new alert: supplies of its hemophilia B gene therapy HEMGENIX are temporarily short worldwide. Just five weeks ago, CSL jolted the market with an 81% plunge in first-half profit, hefty write-downs, and the sudden exit of CEO Paul McKenzie—a combination that knocked shares down to their lowest level in eight years. The stock is now sitting at A$138.00, nearly halved from its 12-month peak of A$272.00, down about 49%.
March 19, 2026
Qantas Airways Limited Share Price Falls as Oil Spike and China Fuel Ban Raise Cost Fears
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Qantas Airways Limited Share Price Falls as Oil Spike and China Fuel Ban Raise Cost Fears

Qantas Airways slipped 1.9% to A$8.56 shortly after the open in Sydney, pressured by another spike in oil and reduced fuel supply across Asia. At 10:18 a.m. local time, shares were off A$0.17, having touched an intraday low of A$8.51. This shift is significant—fuel ranks among the biggest expenses for airlines, and Qantas hasn’t wasted time raising international ticket prices. Investors remain cautious, gauging how much of the recent cost spike can be pushed onto travelers, particularly after last month’s results flagged softer profits in Qantas’s international business.
March 19, 2026
National Australia Bank Limited Stock Price Slips After RBA Hike as NAB Raises Home Loan Rates
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National Australia Bank Limited Stock Price Slips After RBA Hike as NAB Raises Home Loan Rates

National Australia Bank slipped 0.48% to finish Wednesday at A$47.23, as the market digested the lender’s decision to bump up variable home-loan rates by 25 basis points—0.25 percentage point—after the Reserve Bank of Australia’s latest rate hike. That’s key, with Australia’s major banks hiking mortgage rates following the RBA’s second consecutive increase. NAB posted a 1.80% net interest margin in the first quarter—the difference between loan income and funding costs—leaving investors alert for any shifts in those margins and signs of customer strain.
March 19, 2026
ANZ Share Price Falls After RBA Hike as Broker Warnings Put Bank Rally on Edge
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ANZ Share Price Falls After RBA Hike as Broker Warnings Put Bank Rally on Edge

ANZ Group Holdings shares slipped 1.07% to A$37.13 on Wednesday, underperforming an Australian market that ended up 0.31%. Investors weighed the bank’s decision to reprice mortgage products in the wake of the Reserve Bank of Australia’s recent rate hike. The stock moved in a range from A$36.60 to A$37.25. ANZ had been surging since its first-quarter cash profit topped expectations, driving the stock to a record in February. But now the RBA’s 25-basis-point hike — a quarter-point, bringing the cash rate to 4.10% after a close 5-4 vote — puts the spotlight on whether rising rates will pad bank revenue or start squeezing loan demand and fueling bad debts.
March 19, 2026
Westpac Banking Corporation Stock Price (ASX: WBC) Edges Up as RBA Hike Sparks Mortgage Rate Reset
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Westpac Banking Corporation Stock Price (ASX: WBC) Edges Up as RBA Hike Sparks Mortgage Rate Reset

Westpac Banking Corporation ended Wednesday at A$41.53, just 0.10% higher, trailing the ASX 200’s 0.31% gain. Australia’s central bank hiked rates again, putting the spotlight on loan and deposit repricing among the big banks. Westpac shares are still hovering roughly 4% under their 52-week peak of A$43.32, set back on Feb. 25. It comes down to this: while higher official rates boost bank margins on fresh loans, they also make it likelier that borrowers hold back. On Tuesday, the Reserve Bank of Australia increased its cash rate by 25 basis points—to 4.10%—after a tight 5-4 split, and flagged a “material” inflation threat as oil prices surged following the Middle East conflict.
March 19, 2026
BHP Share Price Holds Firm After New CEO Pick as China Risk Tests Copper Bet
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BHP Share Price Holds Firm After New CEO Pick as China Risk Tests Copper Bet

BHP Group Ltd finished Wednesday's session 0.72% higher at A$50.09. Investors got their first look at the miner’s biggest leadership shake-up in recent memory, as BHP tapped Brandon Craig—currently leading its Americas unit—to take over as chief executive from Mike Henry on July 1. This shift is significant for BHP: copper made up 51% of operating earnings in the most recent half, topping iron ore for the first time. Prices got a boost as demand from AI data centers and clean-energy builds picked up.
March 18, 2026
Suriname widens Guyana-Suriname basin oil hunt as new seismic plans target the “next Golden Lane”
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Suriname widens Guyana-Suriname basin oil hunt as new seismic plans target the “next Golden Lane”

PARAMARIBO, March 18, 2026, 18:34 SRT Suriname is ramping up its offshore exploration, moving past the deepwater zone responsible for its initial discoveries. A fresh industry report points to a possible continuation of the Guyana-Suriname basin’s so-called “Golden Lane,” while plans are in motion for a new seismic campaign that should give a clearer sense of the country’s deepwater potential. The effort targets frontier areas—spots with minimal or no 3D seismic data, the key subsurface mapping technique used ahead of drilling.
March 18, 2026
Compass Group PLC Stock Price Falls 4.5% as April Dollar-Trading Switch Is Confirmed
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Compass Group PLC Stock Price Falls 4.5% as April Dollar-Trading Switch Is Confirmed

Compass Group PLC finished Wednesday down 4.54% at 2,164 pence, trailing the FTSE 100 after the company said its London-listed shares will switch to U.S. dollar trading as of April 1. Shares now stand roughly 20% off their July 22 high. Timing’s key here. With less than two weeks before the switch, Compass is bringing its trading currency in line with its reporting currency. The caterer expects this to dampen FX-driven share price moves and make things clearer for global investors. According to the 2025 annual report, about three-quarters of its underlying operating profit is in U.S. dollars.
March 18, 2026
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