Mateusz Ługowik

Mateusz Ługowik 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 Gdańsk, he previously worked in investment research and market analysis. His coverage helps readers understand the key trends, companies and innovations influencing investors worldwide.

3i Group (LON:III) trades flat as Monday’s 2.6% rally pauses
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3i Group (LON:III) trades flat as Monday’s 2.6% rally pauses

3i Group traded flat at 2,261p late Tuesday in London, holding its 2.6% bounce from Monday. Investors weighed more share buying and signs of progress on regulations at some holdings. The stock is trading about 25% under 3i’s March 31 NAV of 3,030 pence per share. NAV is assets minus liabilities for an investment company. 3i posted a £5.30 billion total return for the year, or 22% of opening shareholders’ funds. “In FY2026, we generated a total return on shareholders’ funds of £5,304 million, or 22%,” CEO Simon Borrows said.
June 23, 2026
J Sainsbury share price falls 4.3% as June trading update nears
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Sainsbury (LON:SBRY) stock stands out as FTSE falls on grocery market data

J Sainsbury held steady in the afternoon session after two surveys pointed to more grocery market share for the UK grocer. Shares stood at 305.6 pence, up 0.03%, as of 14:03 BST on a 20-minute delay. Shares moved between 303.49 pence and 308.8 pence. Defensive consumer-staples stocks gained over 1% as the FTSE 100 dropped 0.7% by 0919 GMT. London shares slipped with rate hike worries weighing on risk appetite, but sellers of everyday goods showed strength in the weaker market.
June 23, 2026
Experian (LON:EXPN) holds up after new £12m buyback filing
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Experian (LON:EXPN) holds up after new £12m buyback filing

Experian added 0.6% to 2,513 pence by 12:31 BST on Tuesday, moving against a 0.5% drop in the FTSE 100. Investors watched for the latest buyback from the credit-data group. Shares started at 2,484 pence and went up to 2,519 pence. Experian shares finished up after a rough Monday. The stock shed 1.73% to close at 2,498 pence even as the FTSE 100 rose 0.72%. Shares are trading about 39% under the 52-week high of 4,101 pence.
June 23, 2026
SSE Shares Edge Higher with Grid Debt Linked to Indexation (LSE:SSE)
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Why SSE Shares Are Falling as Rate-Hike Fears Test Its £33 Billion Grid Bet

SSE shares fell about 1.1% to 2,320 pence in late-morning London trading on Tuesday, underperforming a roughly 0.4% decline in the FTSE 100 as expectations for higher interest rates weighed on capital-heavy companies. The stock opened at 2,350 pence and briefly reached 2,360 pence before retreating. The pressure comes as SSE enters the most expensive phase of its £33 billion investment programme. Capital expenditure—spending on networks, wind farms and other long-lived assets—is expected to exceed £5 billion in the financial year ending March 2027.
June 23, 2026
Standard Chartered Moves Higher After Announcing Bahrain Retail Exit Plan
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Standard Chartered Moves Higher After Announcing Bahrain Retail Exit Plan

Standard Chartered climbed 0.7% to 2,086 pence on Tuesday, getting close to its 52-week high of 2,099 pence. The bank said it is looking at selling its wealth and retail banking arm in Bahrain. Shares hit 2,092 pence earlier in the session. Standard Chartered said its corporate and investment banking business in Bahrain would stay outside the possible disposal. The bank expects a transition to last 18 to 24 months if it passes regulatory review. It said business would run as usual through the process.
June 23, 2026
Unilever Stock Bucks FTSE Selloff as World Cup Bet Meets a Cost Test
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Unilever Stock Bucks FTSE Selloff as World Cup Bet Meets a Cost Test

Unilever shares edged higher on Tuesday, resisting a broad London selloff as investors sought relative shelter in consumer staples and assessed the group’s World Cup marketing drive. The stock was quoted at 4,402 pence, up 0.2%, on data stamped 10:01 BST and delayed by 20 minutes. The FTSE 100 was down 0.8% at 10,357.27 at 09:47 BST, leaving Unilever ahead of the benchmark by roughly one percentage point. Consumer staples are often treated as defensive shares because demand for soap, deodorant and other everyday goods tends to hold up better when investors turn cautious.
June 23, 2026
Tesco (LON:TSCO) down, £200 million buyback not enough as grocery growth slows
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Tesco (LON:TSCO) down, £200 million buyback not enough as grocery growth slows

Tesco shares dropped roughly 1.6% in early London trade Tuesday, even after the company kicked off a £200 million share-buyback tranche. New grocery data signaled slower sales growth. Delayed prices put Tesco around 442.2 pence, down from 449.3p at Monday’s close. The FTSE 100 was off about 0.8%. Tesco's split is in focus. The company is set to be a regular buyer of its own shares, though the plan doesn’t answer the key business problem for the UK’s top grocer: if Tesco wants to keep its number one spot, can it do that without cutting margins as more customers chase promotions?
June 23, 2026
Rio Tinto Drops Even as FTSE Pushes Higher
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Rio Tinto (LON:RIO) Drops 3.5% in London as Metals Slide; Electric-Truck News Fails to Lift Shares

Rio Tinto plc dropped 3.5% early Tuesday in London, hit by selling in the metals space despite the company announcing a battery-electric mining truck trial. The shares traded at 7,248 pence at 08:48 BST, down from 7,513 pence at Monday’s close. FTSE 100 falls 0.95%, Europe’s basic-resources index drops 3.3% as U.S. rate-hike bets pick up The FTSE 100 dropped about 0.95%, steeper than the wider market. Europe’s basic-resources index slid 3.3%. Investors pushed up bets on more U.S. interest-rate hikes. Higher rates tend to boost the dollar and weigh on demand for commodities and other risk assets.
June 23, 2026
Barclays ends week up 5% with UK rate path in focus
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Barclays Cools Off After 4% Jump, London Selloff Pressures Rally

Barclays dropped 0.6% to 512.7 pence early Tuesday in London after its big jump the day before. Shares started at 509.9p and peaked at 517.7p not long after the open. The drop wasn’t as steep as the rest of the market. The FTSE 100 fell about 0.9% at 09:05 BST. STOXX 600 slipped 0.89% as traders saw renewed expectations of US rate hikes and a tech selloff cut into risk demand.
June 23, 2026
Cochlear (ASX:COH) drops 4.4% in Sydney as shorts increase
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Cochlear (ASX:COH) drops 4.4% in Sydney as shorts increase

Cochlear Limited dropped 4.38% to A$112.97 on Monday after climbing for five straight sessions. There was no company announcement to drive the move. At press time, the ASX cash market was closed. CSL dropped 2.96%, outpacing the S&P/ASX 200’s 0.14% dip. Pro Medicus finished up 1.06%. Healthcare names ended mixed. Cochlear saw 714,600 shares traded—roughly a third of the 2.14 million seen on Friday. Lighter volumes line up with profit-taking but don’t confirm it.
June 22, 2026
Evolution Mining (ASX:EVN) rebounds 3.4% as copper offers hidden cushion into quarter-end
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Evolution Mining (ASX:EVN) rebounds 3.4% as copper offers hidden cushion into quarter-end

Evolution Mining Ltd shares rose 42 Australian cents to A$12.96 on Monday, clawing back part of Friday’s selloff as gold producers bucked a subdued broader market. The S&P/ASX 200 slipped 0.1% to 8,816.1. The move in ASX:EVN came without a fresh price-sensitive company filing. Evolution’s latest posted ASX release remains its May 1 mineral resources and reserves statement, while the June-quarter report is scheduled for July 15. That makes Monday’s rise primarily a commodity and positioning trade rather than a response to new operating news.
June 22, 2026
Woodside Energy Stock (ASX:WDS) Falls as Oil Peace Premium Fades, Browse Exposure Looms
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Woodside Energy Stock (ASX:WDS) Falls as Oil Peace Premium Fades, Browse Exposure Looms

Woodside Energy Group fell 0.9% to A$28.77 on Monday, underperforming the Australian benchmark as investors cut the premium attached to Middle East supply risk. The shares opened at A$29.20, reached A$29.28 and later touched A$28.56. Oil drove the move. Progress in U.S.-Iran negotiations, the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and a temporary U.S. licence permitting Iranian oil sales through August 21 all pointed to more barrels reaching the market. Brent was down 3.8% at $77.44 in later trade.
June 22, 2026
Babcock International (LSE:BAB) shares fall 6.5% as Type 31 risks offset buyback
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Babcock International (LSE:BAB) shares fall 6.5% as Type 31 risks offset buyback

Babcock International Group PLC led FTSE 100 fallers in afternoon trading on Monday as investors focused on the remaining financial risk in its Royal Navy frigate programme. At 15:13 BST the stock was down 7.2%, compared with a 3.4% fall for BAE Systems, while the FTSE 100 was up 0.5% — a gap suggesting that contract execution, rather than a broad defence-sector retreat, drove most of the move. The £140 million charge was not, by itself, new information. Babcock disclosed it on May 13, when the shares rose 3.6% to 1,043.14p. Monday’s reversal therefore points to a different catalyst: the audited detail on what remains to be spent and how much of the reported cash improvement can be repeated.
June 22, 2026
Imperial Brands holds steady as buyback and index moves lend support
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Imperial Brands holds steady as buyback and index moves lend support

Imperial Brands held steady around 2,740 pence in London on Monday. Shares showed little reaction to earnings, trailing the broader market. Corporate and index flows in the name were also muted. Imperial bought 320,000 shares on Friday for cancellation, paying an average of 2,740.4777 pence each, the company said in a buyback notice. That’s about 9.5% of the LSE’s 3.365 million on-book volume for the session. Total spend came to roughly £8.77 million. The outstanding share count dropped to 770.817 million.
June 22, 2026
Fresnillo trades higher on silver gains despite gold rate concerns
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Fresnillo shares edge up 2.7% on silver gains, Sinda IPO move

Fresnillo PLC was up roughly 2.7% in Monday afternoon trade in London with silver prices picking up and the Mexican miner set to take a minority stake in Sinda Ltd in the explorer’s planned New York IPO. Shares last traded at 3,051.5 pence on Cboe Europe’s BXE order book at 14:04 BST. Fresnillo picks up a stake in a big silver deposit in Mexico through the investment, but avoids full acquisition costs and execution risk. Sinda’s property is next to Fresnillo’s exploration project in Guanajuato, a well-known silver-mining area.
June 22, 2026
National Grid Shares Rebound 1.8% but End Volatile Week Nearly Flat
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National Grid drops as high gilt yields, UK political risk weigh on shares

National Grid plc was down 0.7% at 1,203.5p in late Monday trade, trailing the FTSE 100, which added around 0.2%. The stock moved between 1,193.5p and 1,215.5p by just after midday. LSE:NG. moved with the rest of the market, with no fresh company news out. Starmer’s resignation brought fiscal policy back on the radar as the 10-year gilt yield hovered near 4.85%, still close to highs not seen since 2008. “Markets have mostly shrugged off the news,” said Ruth Gregory, deputy chief UK economist at Capital Economics, but warned that could change “if there is a tack towards a more expansive fiscal policy.”
June 22, 2026
LSE:IAG Hits New High as Oil Drops, Deutsche Bank’s 540p Target in Focus
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LSE:IAG Hits New High as Oil Drops, Deutsche Bank’s 540p Target in Focus

International Consolidated Airlines Group gained 2.09%, or 9.5p, to about 464p in delayed late-morning trade Monday, after it set a new 52-week high at 465.55p. Moves by Deutsche Bank, which raised its price target to 540p from 460p, and a drop in Brent crude below $80 a barrel after U.S.-Iran talks, fed the strength. The rally reversed Friday’s 1.79% drop and put IAG ahead of a European market that slipped. IAG shares reversed hard. The stock closed Friday at 454.8p, down from Thursday’s 463.1p close. It had traded close to its previous yearly high before slipping, looking like a failed breakout. But Monday the shares pushed past that old ceiling, hitting 465.55p, while the STOXX Europe 600 was off about
June 22, 2026
Shell Plc (LSE: SHEL) Reclaims 3,000p—Why the Stock Is Defying Sub-$80 Brent
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Shell Plc (LSE: SHEL) Reclaims 3,000p—Why the Stock Is Defying Sub-$80 Brent

LONDON, June 22, 2026, 11:03 BST Shell Plc moved back above 3,000p early today, pushing higher even as Brent stays under $80. Shell Plc traded up 0.8% at 3,017p in late London dealing just after 11:00 BST Monday, sticking above the 3,000p level even as Brent slipped near $80, down about 1%, with talk of progress in U.S.-Iran negotiations. Traders didn’t treat it as a standard oil bounce. Shell’s move looked more like a technical lift after dropping 7.0% last week, as some weighed weaker geopolitical risk pricing against Shell’s cash flow and the coming ARC Resources vote.
June 22, 2026
Antofagasta plc (LSE: ANTO) slips 6%, hovers near 3,900p—Copper can’t lift the stock
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Antofagasta plc (LSE: ANTO) slips 6%, hovers near 3,900p—Copper can’t lift the stock

Antofagasta plc slipped 0.41% to 3,896p by 10:03 BST on Monday, after dropping 6.16% on Friday as metal miners came under pressure and the market waited for signs of a production rebound into 2026. Copper stood close to $6.33 a pound, ticking up 0.12%, but that small move didn’t help the stock much. Antofagasta is still trading about 13% under its February top at 4,475p, with Friday’s heavy volume putting extra weight on the 3,900p level after the weak open. For LSE: ANTO holders, Monday’s drop didn’t come after any new trading update or profit alert. Antofagasta’s site was still showing its May 7 AGM statements as the most recent news. So the move likely points to more weakness from
June 22, 2026
easyJet Stock (LSE: EZJ) Rallies on 625p Bid—The Spread Prices a 55% Deal Chance
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easyJet Stock (LSE: EZJ) Rallies on 625p Bid—The Spread Prices a 55% Deal Chance

Key takeaways easyJet plc shares rose 3.5% to about 521.4p in delayed London trading at 09:06 BST on Monday, after touching 531.2p, a 5.4% intraday gain. The move followed Castlelake’s disclosure of a third proposal at 625p a share, valuing the airline at roughly £4.74 billion, even though easyJet’s board unanimously rejected it on Sunday. Traders are buying the probability of a formal offer before Friday’s deadline, while a drop in oil prices supplied a smaller, sector-wide tailwind.
June 22, 2026
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