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.

BAT stock lags FTSE as AI cuts face dividend question
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BAT stock lags FTSE as AI cuts face dividend question

British American Tobacco p.l.c. finished the week down despite bouncing mid-week. The market saw its AI-driven cost cuts as a move to protect guidance, not a reason to push the shares higher. The London Stock Exchange was closed Saturday. The stock last changed hands Friday at 4,621p, off 13p, or 0.28%. Volume was 1.04 million. The stock slipped 2.7% since last Friday’s close at 4,751p. Shares saw the biggest one-day drop on Wednesday, not on Monday after job cuts were announced. The market didn’t dismiss the cost-cutting plan, but shares moved lower through the week.
July 4, 2026
Barclays buyback math looks better with stock closing week near highs
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Barclays buyback math looks better with stock closing week near highs

Barclays PLC edged up on Friday and ended the week trading above last month’s buyback price. Shares finished at 522.30p on July 3, up 0.04%. The FTSE 100 added 0.25% to 10,679.03. Hargreaves Lansdown reported the London market was shut Saturday. Barclays wrapped up its £500 million buyback on June 25, picking up 110.1 million shares at an average price of 454.2957p. The stock closed Friday 68.0p higher than that buyback level. That’s a notional difference of £74.8 million on the cancelled shares—not a profit, but a measure for investors on how the buyback went. Barclays took out stock at a price about 15% under the current market.
July 4, 2026
NatWest Group Plc (LON:NWG) shares slip as Evelyn deal puts attention on capital ratios
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NatWest stock weekly gain puts buybacks and Evelyn capital hit in focus

London’s stock market was closed on Saturday, leaving Friday’s close as the latest price. NatWest Group Plc ended July 3 at 682.80p, up 0.62% on the day and 4.02% over the week. The FTSE 100 closed at 10,679.03, up 1.63% from June 26; Reuters said financial stocks led Friday’s gains. On weekly closes, NatWest beat Barclays PLC and the index, but trailed Lloyds Banking Group plc. The moves are based on June 26 and July 3 closes from Investing.com data.
July 4, 2026
BAE Systems, Leonardo, Mitsubishi Heavy face £255 million-a-month test on GCAP fighter project
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BAE Systems, Leonardo, Mitsubishi Heavy face £255 million-a-month test on GCAP fighter project

Global Combat Air Programme’s latest award gets attention for its size, but spending speed is the real story. The UK-Italy-Japan fighter project has awarded £5.286 billion to Edgewing since April. That works out to a monthly burn of around £252 million over the three-month bridge contract plus the new 18-month phase. Actual monthly revenue isn’t fixed, but the number gives investors a way to gauge the engineering pace behind the sixth-generation jet. GCAP Agency has given Edgewing a new £4.6 billion contract to complete the advanced concept and assessment phase and push the joint detailed design and development forward. Edgewing is the trinational prime and design authority. The contract follows an earlier £686 million deal from April.
July 4, 2026
Kistos shares climb with investors eyeing AIM oil group’s Oman reserve deal
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Kistos shares climb with investors eyeing AIM oil group’s Oman reserve deal

Kistos Holdings PLC climbed 5.49% to 269p on Friday. The shares were last quoted in London at 16:35 BST after the close. The move outpaced the FTSE AIM 100’s 0.28% slide to 3,598.31. Kistos shares jumped even though there was no new operating RNS in the last two days. The most recent filing was the June 30 AGM notice. Before that, the company put out its full-year numbers on June 26 and a final investment go-ahead for Balder Next on June 18.
July 3, 2026
Smiths Group stock rises; BlackRock stake tops 12% as buyback capacity nears £1.9 billion
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Smiths Group stock rises; BlackRock stake tops 12% as buyback capacity nears £1.9 billion

Smiths Group Plc rose 1.54% to £26.34 on Friday, beating a 0.25% gain in the FTSE 100 Index, but the price move was not the main number in the stock. The sharper investor read is the amount of stock Smiths may still buy back while a major holder has lifted its disclosed exposure. A regulatory filing on Friday showed BlackRock Inc. at 12.01% of Smiths’ voting rights and financial instruments, up from 11.01% in the previous notice. The new position covered 36.1 million voting rights, including 9.67% attached to shares and 2.34% through financial instruments.
July 3, 2026
IAG shares trail FTSE with investors watching fuel cost pass-through before Q2
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IAG shares trail FTSE with investors watching fuel cost pass-through before Q2

IAG shares underperformed the FTSE on light volume, as traders looked to see how well fuel costs could be passed through ahead of Q2 results. IAG dipped Friday, losing 1.50p to close at 477.50p. The move came as the FTSE 100 ended higher on the week, but trading in the British Airways parent was quiet. Only a narrow range, 473.80p to 477.50p, printed before the closing auction.
July 3, 2026
LSEG stock ticks higher as focus moves to buyback figures over daily trading
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LSEG stock ticks higher as focus moves to buyback figures over daily trading

London Stock Exchange Group plc climbed for the third day in a row on Friday, up 3.8% since Wednesday’s close. The stock is still trading well below last year’s high, even as the share count drops and capital-markets numbers improve. LSEG finished at 8,670p, up 62p. Trading volume hit 396,514 shares, around a quarter of its 65-day average, according to FactSet and the Wall Street Journal. London stocks ended higher, though gains lagged other markets. The FTSE 100 finished up 0.2% at 10,679.03. The FTSE 250 added 0.5%, with banks and precious-metals miners supporting that rise, according to Reuters.
July 3, 2026
ASA International (LON:ASAI) sets 52-week high, broker headroom tightens post-index rebalancing
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ASA International (LON:ASAI) sets 52-week high, broker headroom tightens post-index rebalancing

ASA International Group PLC pushed to a new 52-week high Friday, making the small-cap microfinance lender one of the notable movers on a quiet UK session. LSEG data via Investors Chronicle showed shares at 276.30p at 14:45 BST, up 24.30p or 9.64%. Volume was 106,530 shares. Hargreaves Lansdown data had the FTSE All-Share just 0.12% higher. There was no same-day operating RNS tied to the jump. ASAI’s feed listed a June 19 correction on an options grant as the latest release, with the last trading update dated April 30. The closer link for the move was the June 9 announcement that ASA will join the FTSE All-Share when trading opens on June 22.
July 3, 2026
Anglo American share price rise triggers £448m swing on merger-era share count
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Anglo American share price rise triggers £448m swing on merger-era share count

Anglo American plc traded higher Friday, but merger watchers were looking at a regulatory filing from two days back: 1,178,050,272 ordinary shares outstanding, none held in treasury, and 98,906,534 in buyback entities with voting rights waived. Hargreaves Lansdown’s delayed price quote had Anglo at 3,778p to sell and 3,780p to buy, up 38p, or 1.02%, from its last close at 3,741p. The FTSE 100 was showing down 0.13% on the page, with Anglo ahead of the index in this latest read.
July 3, 2026
Ampeak Energy (LON:AMP) slips as low volume trade weighs; £18m value put on 2.93GWh battery portfolio
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Ampeak Energy (LON:AMP) slips as low volume trade weighs; £18m value put on 2.93GWh battery portfolio

Ampeak Energy Limited traded down in London on Friday with thin volumes, cutting the AIM-listed energy group’s value to under £20 million as it keeps working to convert its battery-storage pipeline into assets in use. Fidelity and AJ Bell had the stock off 9.46% at 11:18 BST, quoting 2.50p on the bid and 3.00p to buy. Barclays quoted the same prices but logged a smaller drop at 4.76%. The difference pointed to how thin trading in the name made the daily move depend on where you measured from.
July 3, 2026
Craneware (AIM:CRW) drops as 340B weighs on FY26 growth, price trails Bain offer
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Craneware (AIM:CRW) drops as 340B weighs on FY26 growth, price trails Bain offer

Craneware plc shares dropped almost 20% on Friday. The U.S. hospital finance software maker warned that a slowdown in 340B drug pricing and contract delays will probably keep FY26 revenue and adjusted EBITDA close to last year’s levels. Shares last traded at 1,188 pence on delayed London South East data, down 274 pence. The market cap was at 406.74 million pounds. Hargreaves Lansdown listed the previous close at 1,462 pence and volume at 1.32 million.
July 3, 2026
Gem Diamonds shares climb in light trading as Letšeng sales top market cap
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Gem Diamonds sales tower over market cap as rare stones move

Gem Diamonds Limited was last changing hands at about 3.5 pence in London on Friday, valuing the Letšeng diamond producer at around £4.9 million based on LSE data and current voting shares. LSE figures showed a volume of 335,731 shares for roughly £12,000 in trades at that level. This is the key market line. Gem's market cap is sitting below what it got from just one Q1 diamond parcel. That lot, which had a 191.82-carat Type IIa white diamond in the mix, pulled in $7.0 million.
July 3, 2026
Reckitt (LON:RKT) stock dips even after Mead Johnson victory as buyback calculation drags before July update
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Reckitt (LON:RKT) stock dips even after Mead Johnson victory as buyback calculation drags before July update

Reckitt Benckiser Group plc traded lower in London on Friday. The drop came as the stock lost momentum, despite news that its Mead Johnson infant-formula business scored another U.S. legal victory. Traders are now focused on whether the Dettol and Durex owner plans to keep buying back shares near the levels it just paid using company cash. The London Stock Exchange traded as usual from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. BST. Shares dropped 54p to 5,074p by 10:01 BST. Earlier, the FTSE 100 touched a four-month high after Thursday’s rally.
July 3, 2026
Lloyds trades at about 2x tangible book with car-finance review pause giving buyback window
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Lloyds trades at about 2x tangible book with car-finance review pause giving buyback window

Lloyds Banking Group plc ticked up on Friday, reaching a new year high. Shares are now near 2x their last stated tangible net asset value per share, putting the focus on whether the valuation still makes sense at these levels. The stock was last seen at 114.80 pence as of 09:21 BST, up 0.13%. It moved between 114.65p and 115.45p so far today. A delayed AJ Bell snapshot also showed 115.45p as both the trade high and year high. Market cap was listed at £66.81 billion. London Stock Exchange hours are 8:00 to 16:30, so the market was open then.
July 3, 2026
Proteome Sciences (AIM:PRM) leads AIM gainers on 39% move, trading just 20 shares
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Proteome Sciences (AIM:PRM) leads AIM gainers on 39% move, trading just 20 shares

Proteome Sciences plc was the top gainer on AIM early Friday, but trading was thin. AJ Bell quoted the stock at 2.29p, up 0.64p, or 38.79%, on just 20 shares traded. The sell price was 1.30p, buy at 2.30p, leaving a spread of 1.00p, or around 56% of the midpoint. London shares were trading at the time. Fidelity’s AIM index page lists regular LSE hours as 8 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. Monday to Friday, excluding holidays. London clock showed 09:24 BST.
July 3, 2026
Pearson (LON:PSON) hits 52-week high after UK regulator skips fine
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Pearson (LON:PSON) hits 52-week high after UK regulator skips fine

Pearson PLC finished up Thursday. Britain’s exams regulator gave the company an official warning on the 2025 A Level maths papers, but didn’t fine Pearson and said grades won’t be reviewed. Pearson closed at 1,244p, up 8p or 0.65%. The stock touched 1,254p during the session, hitting a new 52-week high. Volume came in at 2.36 million. Shares are up 4.0% in two sessions from Tuesday’s 1,196p close, a gain of about 48p ahead of interim results expected at July-end.
July 3, 2026
Capricorn Energy (LON:CNE) ends close to Genel offer with 39% locked up, counterbid faces higher bar
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Capricorn Energy (LON:CNE) ends close to Genel offer with 39% locked up, counterbid faces higher bar

Capricorn Energy PLC finished Thursday near the level of Genel Energy PLC’s recommended offer. The shares traded as if investors see the deal as nearly done, not as part of a larger bidding fight. Genel is offering US$4.74 per Capricorn share—US$3.75 in cash from its bid vehicle, plus a US$0.99 permitted dividend from Capricorn. The offer values each Capricorn share at 357p, which is 34% higher than the share's close on March 10 before news emerged, and 48% higher than the three-month volume-weighted average price prior to that.
July 2, 2026
Applied Optoelectronics deadline puts $94 million cleanroom under AI optics spotlight
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Applied Optoelectronics deadline puts $94 million cleanroom under AI optics spotlight

Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. dropped 16.3% to $116.35 in early Thursday afternoon trading. Shares hit a low of $115.20 after opening at $135.12. By 12:51 p.m. EDT, volume hit 7.63 million shares. Trading happened during the normal U.S. cash equity session, which runs 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Eastern. NYSE calls Friday, July 3, the Independence Day observed holiday. The usual story isn’t just about the selloff. The bigger thing is what investors are now putting up against an old factory plan. Applied Optoelectronics filed an 8-K on Wednesday, announcing a design-build deal with LCC3 Solution Inc. for the OMD 3 cleanroom in Houston. The contract covers everything from design, engineering and procurement to construction, testing, commissioning and closeout.
July 2, 2026
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