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 52-week high wobbles ahead of Monday open
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Rio Tinto 52-week high wobbles ahead of Monday open

Rio Tinto plc starts the week on its back foot, as its London shares dropped 4.76% Friday to 7,766 pence, a bigger loss than the FTSE 100’s 1.71% drop and dragging the miner back from its highest level this year. London Stock Exchange closed for the day, with trading hours running Monday through Friday, 0800 to 1630 local time. That leaves Saturday’s issue: what happens to a stock after it snapped sharply lower from a new high.
May 16, 2026
NatWest in Focus Monday After UK Bank Selloff and New Buyback
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NatWest in Focus Monday After UK Bank Selloff and New Buyback

NatWest Group heads into the next London trading day weaker after shares dropped Friday. The stock was hit amid a broader UK selloff, though the bank continued its buybacks. London Stock Exchange is closed Saturday, as usual on weekends, not for any extra holiday. The next official holiday is the Spring Bank Holiday on May 25. Monday will be open, so markets can catch up after moves in politics, oil and bonds over the weekend.
May 16, 2026
Shell Shares Jumped While the FTSE Fell — Monday May Be the Real Test
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Shell Shares Jumped While the FTSE Fell — Monday May Be the Real Test

Shell Plc heads into the new week with momentum after its London shares rose on Friday even as the wider UK market sold off. The stock closed at 3,194.5 pence, up 1.46%, while the FTSE 100 ended 1.71% lower at 10,195.37. With London cash equities shut for the weekend, this is less about one closing print than the setup for Monday’s open. The London Stock Exchange’s regular hours are Monday to Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. London time, and its next listed full holiday is May 25, leaving the next session as a normal trading day.
May 16, 2026
BAT stock up 14% this week, Monday in focus
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BAT stock up 14% this week, Monday in focus

British American Tobacco p.l.c. ended the week in London with most of its big weekly gain still in place. Shares slipped 1.98% on Friday to 4,864p, but the five-day gain totaled 13.99% according to MarketScreener. The London market closed the shares for the session. The London Stock Exchange is closed Saturday and only trades on weekdays, opening 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. London time. Trading resumes Monday. This gives traders the full weekend to figure out if BAT’s move was really a breakout or just a crowded defensive play.
May 16, 2026
Glencore Faces Monday Trading Test After Dividend and FTSE Drop
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Glencore Faces Monday Trading Test After Dividend and FTSE Drop

Glencore starts Monday after Friday’s drop, not its weekly gain, steering sentiment. The London miner lost 21.60 pence to close at 574.30 pence on May 15. The stock ranged from 567.80 pence to 582.90 pence that session, off a prior-day high of 597.90 pence. It's important now since there’s no Saturday market session to set a new price. London reopens Monday, so traders have to decide if Friday’s slide was just a risk-off move or if pressure is building on a stock that’s run up a lot this year.
May 16, 2026
Barclays Shares Slide This Week, Eyes on Monday’s Open
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Barclays Shares Slide This Week, Eyes on Monday’s Open

Barclays PLC fell 2.62% to 423.30p on Friday, trailing the FTSE 100, which dropped 1.71% to 10,195.37. That puts Barclays on the defensive ahead of the next London session. Investors go into the weekend weighing rising UK political risk, higher bond yields, and new worries about bank earnings. London markets are shut on Saturday. The London Stock Exchange is open weekdays from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. That means the next key session for Barclays is the open on Monday.
May 16, 2026
RELX rebound seen Friday, next test for AI trade looms Monday
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RELX rebound seen Friday, next test for AI trade looms Monday

Shares of RELX PLC jumped Friday and outpaced a sluggish London market. But even with today’s move, the data and analytics group logged a weekly loss. The main investor question hasn’t changed: does artificial intelligence work more for RELX or against it? The stock finished Friday at 2,423p, up 58p, or 2.45%, with 10.69 million shares changing hands, Investors Chronicle market data showed. Shares stayed roughly 1.5% lower than the 2,460p close a week earlier.
May 16, 2026
Lloyds shares fall ahead of UK bank rule changes
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Lloyds shares fall ahead of UK bank rule changes

Lloyds Banking Group shares closed at 94.06 pence in London Friday, losing 2.63%. UK-focused banks were under pressure as the sector fell. Lloyds is now about 5% below where it finished on May 8. London investors won’t get to react until Monday. The London Stock Exchange is closed on Saturday, and only offers equity trading on weekdays, with the next session opening after the weekend.
May 16, 2026
Unilever in focus as traders look to Monday open after slump
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Unilever in focus as traders look to Monday open after slump

Unilever PLC finished the week lower, with shares ending Friday at 4,207 pence in London. That’s a drop of 16.5p, or 0.39%, before the market closed for the weekend. The stock is trading close to its April low following a week where UK risk assets fell and investors reassessed the company’s portfolio moves. London trading is shut Saturday, just standard business days, no special holiday. The focus shifts to Monday, as investors watch for any private-equity offer for Magnum Ice Cream and what it could do for Unilever's stake. Some wonder if it boosts value or just complicates Unilever's ongoing breakup.
May 16, 2026
BP Shares Outpaced FTSE; Monday Trading Tied to Oil Shock
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BP Shares Outpaced FTSE; Monday Trading Tied to Oil Shock

BP shares in London start Monday with some lift after closing Friday at 552.20 pence, up 2.13%. The FTSE 100 dropped 1.7% for its steepest fall in over eight weeks. BP finished the week up about 3%, with a boost from stronger oil prices and more signals it’s focused on cash and trading moves. London is closed for the weekend, so BP traders won’t react until Monday when they’ll come back to two main things: an oil spike tied to the Strait of Hormuz and BP’s own efforts to bring down debt. Brent crude, the key global oil price, finished Friday up 3.35% at $109.26 a barrel as hopes ebbed for quick fixes to shipping snarls in the region.
May 16, 2026
HSBC Stock Heads Toward Monday After Private-Credit Hit, FTSE Drop
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HSBC Stock Heads Toward Monday After Private-Credit Hit, FTSE Drop

HSBC Holdings Plc opens Monday as traders look at new private-credit headlines following a slight weekly move higher in the bank’s London shares. HSBC was down 1.93% on Friday at 1,324 pence, but still managed to finish about 0.3% higher for the week. The FTSE 100 slid 1.71% to 10,195.37. London trading is closed for the weekend. The London Stock Exchange trades Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. BST. The next LSE holiday is May 25. So the next trading day is Monday, May 18.
May 16, 2026
National Grid plc’s £70 Billion Grid Bet Just Hit a Storm-Cost Test
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National Grid’s 8% Drop Turns Monday Into a Test of the UK Dividend Trade

National Grid’s London-listed shares closed the week with a hard break lower, dropping 7.94% on Friday to 1,188p as UK utilities were caught in a broad selloff. The London Stock Exchange is shut for the weekend, so the next real price test comes Monday. That matters because the move was not just about one set of numbers. Gilt yields — the returns investors demand to hold UK government bonds — jumped as political uncertainty and inflation worries hit UK assets, and Reuters reported that the FTSE 100 fell 1.7% while utilities, often treated as bond proxies, lost 7.5%. A bond proxy is a stock bought partly for steady income, making it vulnerable when bond yields rise.
May 16, 2026
Rolls-Royce shares fall; Monday’s key price level on the radar
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Rolls-Royce shares fall; Monday’s key price level on the radar

Rolls-Royce Holdings shares ended Friday down 4.78% at 1,140 pence, or £11.40. That was the lowest close since late April. For the week, the stock dropped about 6.5% from last Friday’s 1,219.8p close. The timing is key. The London Stock Exchange shut for the weekend, with trading set to resume at 08:00 on Monday, May 18. Investors won’t be able to trade local shares again until then.
May 16, 2026
Bitcoin drop knocks out $500 million in bullish crypto bets as inflation fears weigh on markets
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Bitcoin drop knocks out $500 million in bullish crypto bets as inflation fears weigh on markets

Bitcoin dropped close to $78,000 in Asian hours Saturday, wiping out more than $500 million for traders long on crypto as inflation fears and a bond selloff hit the sector. Data from CoinGlass referenced by CoinDesk pointed to $581 million in crypto liquidations over the day. Most, or $552 million, came from long positions—leveraged trades that rely on prices going up. Crypto lost ground after a brief rally that had been fueled by bets on better U.S. regulation. That ran out of steam as traders went back to watching rising U.S. yields, stronger oil, and signs the Fed could keep policy tight or even hike again this year.
May 16, 2026
QBE Insurance prices A$500m capital notes, spotlight shifts to 2026 guidance
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QBE Insurance prices A$500m capital notes, spotlight shifts to 2026 guidance

QBE Insurance Group Limited’s A$500 million Additional Tier 1 capital notes got a “BBB” rating from Fitch Ratings on Friday. The Australian insurer’s new funding is again on the radar for debt and equity investors. QBE is boosting loss-absorbing capital just as investors keep a close watch on its 2026 underwriting goals, early catastrophe claims this year, and any signals of more competition in commercial insurance. The timing matters.
May 16, 2026
Suncorp buyback close to wrapping up, weather bills in focus
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Suncorp buyback close to wrapping up, weather bills in focus

Suncorp Group Limited is set to max out its A$400 million share buyback, according to a filing. The Australian insurer picked up another 555,147 shares on May 14. Suncorp also plans to launch a new round of capital notes next week. Suncorp is sending cash back to investors via an on-market buyback. The company is buying its own shares on the exchange, while it also raises regulatory capital following a stretch of large storm and hazard claims. Timing is key here.
May 16, 2026
Coles faces court setback on ‘Down Down’ promo, boosting fine risk
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Coles faces court setback on ‘Down Down’ promo, boosting fine risk

Coles Group Ltd is facing penalties after Australia’s Federal Court ruled its “Down Down” price campaign misled shoppers about grocery price drops. The ACCC said the case involved 245 items, with the court finding false or misleading claims on some tickets. Supermarket pricing is back in the spotlight in Australia, where Coles and Woolworths hold most of the market and families face cost-of-living strain. The decision could push grocers to change “was/now” price labels, which show current prices against earlier, higher ones.
May 16, 2026
Woolworths Group under pressure on pricing after losing Coles case
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Woolworths Group under pressure on pricing after losing Coles case

Woolworths Group Ltd is bracing for tougher legal and investor scrutiny after the Federal Court ruled against Coles, raising questions over the country’s supermarket discounting strategy. The decision in Woolworths’ case has yet to be handed down. Woolworths faces similar legal heat over its “Prices Dropped” promo, which it uses to flag lower shelf prices for shoppers. The ruling is key because it could decide more than just a fine—it could shape how much Woolworths can use price tags to pitch value as family budgets stay under pressure.
May 16, 2026
South32 Gets Alaska Copper Permit Lift, Hermosa Still in Focus
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South32 Gets Alaska Copper Permit Lift, Hermosa Still in Focus

South32 Ltd’s U.S. copper-zinc joint venture has cleared a step, getting into a federal permitting program. The Australian miner now has a more defined route for this North American critical-minerals prospect, as it keeps looking at costs for the bigger Hermosa project. Arctic Project in Alaska, owned by Ambler Metals LLC, the 50/50 JV between South32 and Trilogy Metals, is now listed as a FAST-41 “Covered Project,” Trilogy said. FAST-41 creates deadlines for coordinated reviews of large mining and infrastructure projects in the U.S., but it does not actually approve them.
May 16, 2026
Why Transurban Group Ltd Shares Are Back in Focus as ASX Investors Look Past Banks
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Why Transurban Group Ltd Shares Are Back in Focus as ASX Investors Look Past Banks

Transurban Group Ltd closed Friday unchanged at A$14.60, giving the ASX-listed toll-road operator a steadier finish than the broader market after a week dominated by pressure on bank shares. The S&P/ASX 200 slipped 0.11% to 8,630.80, while Transurban’s market value stood at about A$45.6 billion. That matters now because investors are questioning whether the next leg of the Australian market will still be led by banks. VanEck said Friday the market may be entering a “regime shift” after a A$30 billion wipeout in Commonwealth Bank’s value, and named Transurban, Aurizon and Telstra among companies with inflation-linked revenue streams and defensive market positions. “Australian investors may need to look beyond the big banks,” VanEck head of investments Russel Chesler said.
May 16, 2026
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