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.

Fortescue (ASX:FMG) lags ASX as $100 iron ore price spotlights product mix
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Fortescue (ASX:FMG) lags ASX as $100 iron ore price spotlights product mix

Fortescue Ltd finished Friday at A$19.07, gaining 0.69%, with volume at 4.81 million shares. Market cap sat at A$58.72 billion, according to Google Finance. The ASX cash market hadn’t opened yet when this article was filed. ASX standard hours are 09:59:45 to 16:00 Sydney time. Fortescue is still down 4.51% for the week to A$19.97, even after Friday’s rebound. The S&P/ASX 200 shed 0.73% over the week and finished at 8,764.20, dropping from 8,828.70 last Friday.
June 28, 2026
Atlas Arteria’s A$5.10 bid spread tightens as IFM takes control
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Atlas Arteria’s A$5.10 bid spread tightens as IFM takes control

Atlas Arteria comes into Monday’s ASX open with a 2-cent bid spread and a new control fact: IFM’s vehicle now has more than half the vote. ASX normal trading starts at 09:59:45 Sydney time, so the first price will test how much weight holders put on the board’s rejection case. The toll-road group ended Friday at A$5.08, down 0.4% on the day and 0.4% below Diamond Infraco’s A$5.10 offer. Trading across June 22-26 totalled about 150.4 million securities; the five-day average of 30.1 million was about 6.9 times the stock’s 2026 average daily volume of 4.37 million.
June 28, 2026
NAB slips as credit risk review hits ahead of dividend week
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NAB slips as credit risk review hits ahead of dividend week

National Australia Bank Limited will finish Australia’s financial year with shares under last year’s level. NAB closed at A$37.51 on Friday, down from A$39.36 at June 30 last year. This comes ahead of the A$0.85 interim dividend set for this week. ASX cash equities were yet to open for the week at the time of reporting. Standard cash market hours are 09:59:45 to 16:00 Sydney time, followed by a closing auction.
June 28, 2026
Volkswagen (ETR:VOW3) China push puts spotlight on German jobs, factories
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Volkswagen (ETR:VOW3) China push puts spotlight on German jobs, factories

Volkswagen AG faces pressure from its home-state shareholder to use cars made in China as a way to protect its German plants. This comes as management considers a bigger restructuring than investors thought. Lower Saxony premier Olaf Lies told DPA that Volkswagen could boost use of its German plants by making cars at home that are now built in China. “If we produced vehicles here that we currently make in China, we could stabilize capacity utilization of our plants,” Lies said. Lower Saxony owns 20% of VW voting rights and hosts five of the automaker’s six western German assembly sites.
June 28, 2026
Legal & General (LGEN.L): £805m buyback keeps focus on next week
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Legal & General (LGEN.L): £805m buyback keeps focus on next week

Legal & General Group Plc started the week with the shares lagging the buyback action. The stock closed Friday at 286.9 pence, off 0.1% for the day and up 1.3% from 283.2p the previous Friday. The FTSE 100 rose 1.4% that week, putting L&G just under a tenth of a point behind. L&G’s buyback stands at £804.8 million so far, the number to watch. The buyback page puts it at 154.9 million shares repurchased for £395.2 million at £2.5744 average price, according to the latest figures. L&G set the current programme at £1.2 billion back in March, which is its biggest ever.
June 28, 2026
Vodafone (LSE:VOD) drops for sixth day, closes in on 20% slide from past year’s high
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Vodafone slide brings 105p exec buy level into play ahead of July update

• Vodafone ended Friday at 105.65p, up 0.67% for the session but still down 1.26% over the week. The FTSE 100 gained about 1.40% for the same period.• Four senior managers picked up 268,453 shares at 105.125p on June 25, spending around £282,211 as part of bonus deferral plans.• Almost 60% of Vodafone's weekly share volume traded on Monday and Tuesday. Friday, with 45.28 million shares, was the quietest day.• Next up for Vodafone: the Q1 FY27 trading update on July 27, with the FY26 final dividend set for July 30. Vodafone Group Public Limited Company heads into the week with shares in London trading less than 1% above the price senior managers used to buy deferred-bonus shares. Early in
June 27, 2026
SEGRO (LON:SGRO) gap narrows as Prologis shares drop in U.S. trade
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SEGRO (LON:SGRO) gap narrows as Prologis shares drop in U.S. trade

SEGRO plc starts the week trading with a real bid gap that’s narrower than the headline 925p from Prologis Inc’s rejected all-share approach. Prologis’ stock has slipped since the bid. SEGRO finished Friday at 880.20p. The stock jumped 19.0% from 739.80p a week ago. The FTSE 100 was up 1.4% for the week but closed out Friday 0.21% lower at 10,508.02.
June 27, 2026
Rio Tinto (LON:RIO) drop puts lithium prospects up against iron ore cash
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Rio Tinto (LON:RIO) drop puts lithium prospects up against iron ore cash

London’s market was closed Saturday, so Rio Tinto plc ended the week worse off than its slight loss Friday. Shares finished at 7,168 pence on June 26, down 18p or 0.25%, London Stock Exchange data showed. The stock is down 3.1% from £73.94 on June 19. The bigger focus is Rio’s drop from its May top. Shares closed Friday down 21.4% from the 52-week high of 9,117p touched on May 27. But they are still up 74.4% from the 52-week low of 4,110p. The stock sits between the old iron ore payout story and a pitch for new copper and lithium growth.
June 27, 2026
BAE Systems (LON:BA) buyback case looks better after shares fall with UK defence review coming
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BAE Systems (LON:BA) buyback case looks better after shares fall with UK defence review coming

BAE Systems plc had a mixed week, bouncing on Friday while the broader market slumped, but still posted a lower finish over five days. The dip means its fresh buyback program will pick up more shares with the same money. BAE closed at 1,808p in London, up 0.89% for the day, Hargreaves Lansdown data said. The FTSE 100 lost 0.21% on Friday. But BAE finished the week 2.1% lower than last Friday's close.
June 27, 2026
NatWest (LSE: NWG) steady at 636p as Starmer quits, traders see quiet session
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NatWest share price: Berenberg 860p target leaves £16 billion gap after weekly gain

NatWest Group Plc ended Friday at 656.40 pence, down 4.60p on the day, after trading between 646.00p and 661.80p. The stock still gained 2.9% on the week from the prior Friday’s 637.80p close, beating the FTSE 100, which rose 1.4% over the same span. The useful detail for investors is where the buying came from. Monday accounted for 42.2 million shares, about 35% of NatWest’s 118.9 million shares traded across the week. The stock jumped 3.95% that day to 663.00p, then gave back some ground but kept most of the weekly gain.
June 27, 2026
ASX ends week slightly down, but credit and resource sectors under pressure
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ASX ends week slightly down, but credit and resource sectors under pressure

S&P/ASX 200 closed 15.5 points higher at 8,764.2 on Friday, up 0.18%. But the index still fell 64.5 points, or 0.73%, for the week. Friday’s lift made back less than a quarter of the week’s decline. Materials is coming off six straight down days, dropping 9.8% before a rebound on Friday, Market Index said. Energy slid 12% in the 10 sessions since June 11. All the leading early risers on the ASX 200 Friday were gold miners. Tech, defence and lithium names traded lower.
June 27, 2026
Compass Group share price climbs, 52-week data thrown by dollar move
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Compass Group (CPG) erases dividend dip in late bounce; traders set for AI-heavy week

London stocks were closed for the weekend, but Compass Group PLC ended Friday up 1.61%. The world’s biggest caterer finished the session at $32.74, hitting the high of its $31.63-$32.74 range. Volume came in at 4.76 million shares—around a quarter higher than its five-day average, according to published data. Compass edged up 1.7% this week, climbing from $32.20 on June 19 to $32.74 on June 26, outpacing the FTSE 100’s 1.4% gain for the period. The index moved from 10,363.27 to 10,508.02.
June 27, 2026
National Grid rises on grid-spend talk as heatwave draws attention
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National Grid rises on grid-spend talk as heatwave draws attention

National Grid plc finished the week facing a simpler question for investors than its share moves might suggest: can a regulated grid owner deliver on a capital plan that tops its own equity, with low wind and hot weather now showing how tight the power system is? The stock finished Friday at 1,245.50p, slipping 0.6% from Thursday’s 1,253.00p. Shares stayed 2.8% above last week’s 1,212.00p close, according to LSEG data on Investors Chronicle.
June 27, 2026
Lloyds slips off February high as traders eye motor-finance deadline and rates
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Lloyds slips off February high as traders eye motor-finance deadline and rates

Lloyds Banking Group plc went lower on Friday, dropping 0.77% to close at 109.20 pence. That was weaker than the FTSE 100, which shed 0.21%. London trading was shut Saturday. Lloyds finished the week up 3.9% at 109.20p, compared with last Friday's 105.10p close. But all of the gain was on Monday, when shares jumped 3.90% to 109.20p and then held flat through Friday. Five-day volume totaled about 905.9 million shares, or 181.2 million a day.
June 27, 2026
Stockland (ASX:SGP) partner funding drive lands ahead of distribution week
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Stockland (ASX:SGP) partner funding drive lands ahead of distribution week

Stockland starts the week at A$4.32, unchanged since Friday’s close with the ASX shut on Saturday. Shares finished up 10 cents, after moving in a range from A$4.13 to A$4.33. The company’s market cap was last at about A$10.5 billion. Stockland’s bounce in a single session was only part of it. Shares closed at A$4.30 on June 19 and finished the week up roughly 0.5%. The S&P/ASX 200 dropped 0.73% in that period.
June 26, 2026
QBE Insurance (ASX:QBE) moves past broker targets ahead of H1 close
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QBE Insurance (ASX:QBE) moves past broker targets ahead of H1 close

QBE Insurance Group Limited heads into the end of its first half with shares trading higher than the average analyst target. Sydney markets were closed Saturday, so Friday’s minor change isn’t what holders care about—it’s the week’s shift in valuation. QBE Insurance shares ended Friday at A$24.84, higher than last week's A$24.06 close. The stock is now up 26.1% for 2026 and is trading just below Thursday’s A$25.08 high, Morningstar data shows.
June 26, 2026
Transurban Group Ltd (ASX:TCL) tops ASX 200 ahead of 35-cent payout
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Transurban Group Ltd (ASX:TCL) tops ASX 200 ahead of 35-cent payout

Sydney was in Saturday morning trade at the dateline, with ASX cash trading closed outside the usual 09:59:45 a.m. to 4 p.m. period. Transurban Group lists June 29 as its next ex-distribution date. Transurban finished Friday at A$15.39, gaining 22 cents, or 1.45%, after a North America release landed at 8:45 a.m. Shares are up 3.15% over seven days. The S&P/ASX 200 edged up 0.18% Friday, but dropped 0.73% for the week. That puts TCL about 3.9 percentage points higher than the index for the week.
June 26, 2026
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