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.

Bay Capital shares hit 52-week high as cash shell trades above cash pile
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Bay Capital shares hit 52-week high as cash shell trades above cash pile

Bay Capital Plc rose 9.1% on Thursday, taking the Main Market acquisition company back to 9.00p, the top of its 52-week range, on a tape worth less than £500 at the last-trade price. The move was small in money terms but large in percentage terms, the kind of print that matters for holders in a stock with a wide quote and little trading. The London Stock Exchange was in regular hours at the dateline, with LSE trading hours listed as 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. London time. TradingHours.com showed London on BST, GMT+1.
July 2, 2026
Japan yen watch intensifies as weak U.S. payrolls set up test for Tokyo’s intervention tactics
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Japan yen watch intensifies as weak U.S. payrolls set up test for Tokyo’s intervention tactics

The yen’s biggest move this week wasn’t from a clear signal of Japanese intervention—it was out of Washington. Dollar/yen dropped to 160.78 on Thursday after a soft U.S. payrolls print, down about 1.2% from Tuesday’s 162.66. Reuters called that earlier peak the yen's weakest in four decades. Tokyo now gets a little breathing room, but the trade is still on: Japan’s Ministry of Finance wants short sellers looking over their shoulders for a surprise, not just guarding a level. Reuters said Japanese officials are dropping their old habit of giving the market advance warning. According to sources, they're now steering clear of setting any clear “line in the sand,” so traders don’t know when yen-buying might come. The idea is
July 2, 2026
Barratt Redrow (LON:BTRW) trades lower as £4.5bn claim puts focus on cash buffer
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Barratt Redrow (LON:BTRW) trades lower as £4.5bn claim puts focus on cash buffer

Barratt Redrow plc dropped more than the overall London market Thursday. AJ Bell’s delayed prices quoted BTRW at 275.00p/275.20p, off 4.70p, or 1.68%. Recent trades went through near 275.3p as of 12:46 BST. At the same time, the FTSE 100 rose 0.43% to 10,523.66, according to Hargreaves Lansdown’s delayed feed. The focus for Barratt isn’t just about mortgage rates or completions now. Investors have to consider the proposed class action filed this week against major UK housebuilders for alleged anti-competitive behavior. Reuters said the claim targets more than 700,000 buyers of new-build homes in Britain from October 2015 through June 24, 2026.
July 2, 2026
Vodafone (LON:VOD) slips as Safaricom move doesn’t help FTSE laggard
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Vodafone (LON:VOD) holds just under 100p after move for more Safaricom control

Vodafone Group Public Limited Company ticked up 0.43% to 98.90 pence in London on Thursday. The stock had dropped 6.8% in the last three sessions, sliding under the 100p mark. Shares are now down 6.4% since the June 26 close. Vodafone’s shares lagged the FTSE 100. While the index rose 0.48% to 10,528.86 by 11:34 BST, just above its June 26 finish, Vodafone trailed the index by around 6.6 percentage points in the same period.
July 2, 2026
Unilever slips after volume beat; focus turns to July pricing test
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Unilever stock gains as buyback trims voting pool ahead of July results

Unilever PLC edged up in London on Thursday, outperforming the broader market in the morning after giving investors an updated share count ahead of its first-half earnings due later this month. Shares were last seen at 4,597.50p/4,598.50p, up 36.50p on the day. AJ Bell showed the stock touching 4,635.50p in the session, with the group sitting at a market value of 99.04 billion pounds. The key figure isn’t the share price move, it’s the denominator. Unilever said in a July 1 filing that as of June 30 it had 2,185,205,247 ordinary shares issued, with 30,703,780 of them held in treasury. Unilever group companies also held another 239,141 shares, but voting rights can’t be used on those. That puts the number
July 2, 2026
Zephyr Energy shares climb after new Utah leases
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Zephyr Energy shares climb after new Utah leases

Zephyr Energy PLC shares gained Thursday after the AIM-listed oil and gas group picked up more leases in Utah’s Paradox Basin. The deal extends a rapid land grab by the U.S. Rocky Mountain explorer that has shifted the scale of its main asset in under a week. Shares rose 7.0% to 3.66p by 1100 BST, trading on 2.75 million shares. The FTSE AIM All-Share index slipped 0.3% to 773.53 at 1101 BST.
July 2, 2026
Barclays (LON:BARC) trades higher as £750 million Canary Wharf investment puts buyback plans in focus
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Barclays (LON:BARC) trades higher as £750 million Canary Wharf investment puts buyback plans in focus

Barclays PLC traded up on Thursday after the bank put more money into its London HQ than into its most recent share buyback. The London Stock Exchange was open for its normal 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. BST hours. Barclays traded at 517.75p as of 10:00 BST, up 0.53% with 4.08 million shares moved. Shares sat 6.6% under the 52-week peak at 554.10p and 62% above the 52-week low of 319.35p, according to Google Finance.
July 2, 2026
Coca-Cola HBC (LON:CCH) run squeezes cash-flow yield ahead of Egypt event
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Coca-Cola HBC (LON:CCH) run squeezes cash-flow yield ahead of Egypt event

Coca-Cola HBC AG is no longer trading on its old volume-growth pitch and now faces questions around valuation. London’s late quote had the shares higher Wednesday. A June 30 LSE/FTSE Russell report showed the bottler’s free cash flow yield at 2.09%, down from its five-year median of 6.49%. London trading was closed at the dateline. The last quote put the stock ahead of the FTSE 100 for the day.
July 2, 2026
Palomar Holdings (NASDAQ:PLMR), HCI Group (NYSE:HCI) top Markel Group (NYSE:MKL) for P&C growth
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Palomar Holdings (NASDAQ:PLMR), HCI Group (NYSE:HCI) top Markel Group (NYSE:MKL) for P&C growth

U.S. property and casualty insurers are splitting into three stories in the market now: Palomar is trading on specialty premium growth, HCI on capital return and its Florida exposure, and Markel's bigger book is seeing better underwriting weighed down by investment losses. Palomar ended at $133.69 after hours, rising 5.7%. HCI settled at $178.64, gaining 1.8%. Markel dropped 1.9% to $1,916.64. Even though they all reported from the same Q1 P&C cycle, their valuations and earnings multiples have moved apart.
July 2, 2026
3i shares rise as buyback math puts NAV discount back in focus
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3i shares rise as buyback math puts NAV discount back in focus

3i Group plc rose on Wednesday, leaving the FTSE 100 private-equity investor still priced well below its last reported net asset value even after fresh buyback and portfolio data eased some pressure around its largest asset, Dutch discount retailer Action. The stock closed at 2,515p, up 29p, or 1.17%, while the FTSE 100 ended down 18.78 points, or 0.18%, at 10,478.34, according to Hargreaves Lansdown market data. The shares remain far below their 4,497p 52-week high and changed hands on volume of 2.998 million shares, AJ Bell data showed.
July 1, 2026
RWS Holdings (LON:RWS) jumps, AI revenue shift now valued below 0.45x sales
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RWS Holdings (LON:RWS) jumps, AI revenue shift now valued below 0.45x sales

RWS Holdings plc jumped 7.5% to 76.70 pence on Wednesday, outpacing the FTSE AIM 100 by 6.8 percentage points. The move came after London markets closed. Shares climbed 5.35p, putting about £19.9 million more on the company’s market cap, going by the latest voting rights tally. RWS reported 371,163,323 ordinary shares on June 30, each with one vote and no treasury shares. At 76.70p per share, the equity value is about £284.7 million, matching the market cap.
July 1, 2026
ASOS (LON:ASC) shares rise after Atlanta warehouse sale narrows debt gap
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ASOS (LON:ASC) shares rise after Atlanta warehouse sale narrows debt gap

ASOS Plc shares jumped Wednesday after the online fashion retailer offloaded its final non-core warehouse asset. The disposal gives shareholders a cash boost big enough to shift the company’s debt profile, though sales growth still looks patchy. ASOS traded at 319p, rising 10.76% as of 16:35 BST, according to its investor page. AJ Bell put the day’s open at 300p, with the stock touching 322p in intraday action. ASOS saw 1.69 million shares change hands, giving it a market cap of £375.08 million.
July 1, 2026
UK energy price cap goes up, investors eye gas bills and consumer credit
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UK energy price cap goes up, investors eye gas bills and consumer credit

UK household energy bills are climbing in July, pushed up mainly by gas. Unit rates for gas under Ofgem’s cap jumped 27.7% from Wednesday. That’s much sharper than the 5.8% rise for electricity. Centrica, which owns British Gas, and Iberdrola, parent of ScottishPower, both have more room to charge higher prices if the cap rises. But a higher cap could mean more customers fall behind on bills or push up bad debts and the chance of new tariff rules. Centrica owns British Gas. ScottishPower is under Iberdrola.
July 1, 2026
Lloyds ditches Halifax name after 173 years to focus on costs
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Lloyds ditches Halifax name after 173 years to focus on costs

Lloyds Banking Group will drop Halifax, the brand that started as a West Yorkshire building society in 1853, as it moves to simplify its business. Lloyds is trying a single retail-banking brand to see if it can squeeze more value from customers ahead of a strategy update scheduled for later this month. Lloyds said it is ending new Halifax accounts and will gradually shift current Halifax customers over. Starting early 2027, the 190 Halifax branches will have their signs taken down. Lloyds said no branches are closing directly from this move. Bank of Scotland will remain for Scottish customers.
July 1, 2026
J Sainsbury climbs as food lifts results while Argos underperforms
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J Sainsbury climbs as food lifts results while Argos underperforms

J Sainsbury plc shares moved up following its Q1 update. The main figure for investors wasn't the 2.1% drop in like-for-like sales. What mattered was the sales breakdown: grocery propped up the quarter, but Argos and the clothing division continued to weigh on revenue. Sainsbury shares finished at 319.20p/319.40p on Hargreaves Lansdown, up 4.00p, or 1.27% after the London close. The FTSE 100 on the same site was up 0.12%, prices showing at least a 15-minute delay.
July 1, 2026
Union Jack Oil (LON:UJO) up after disclosures show 13% voting block days before Reabold (LON:RBD) deadline
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Union Jack Oil (LON:UJO) up after disclosures show 13% voting block days before Reabold (LON:RBD) deadline

Union Jack Oil Plc ended up 7.14% at 3.75p on Tuesday. New offer-period filings showed updated numbers on voting rights as Reabold Resources Plc faces a deadline to decide on a possible all-share offer. The thing to watch is how big the reported blocks are versus regular trading. TBI Investment Management Ltd told Union Jack it now has 6,182,691 voting rights, or 4.22%, after hitting the threshold on June 8. The TR-1 showed TBI was under 3% before.
July 1, 2026
Smith & Nephew (LON:SN) drops after Cevian lifts stake, growth gap lessens
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Smith & Nephew (LON:SN) drops after Cevian lifts stake, growth gap lessens

Smith & Nephew plc dropped 4.63% on Tuesday to finish at 1,090.50p, while the FTSE 100 added 0.12%. Hargreaves Lansdown reported trading volume at 5.95 million shares and a market value of £9.22 billion. London trade had closed by the time of this report. Smith & Nephew shares fell the same day the company filed a U.S. Form 6-K, reporting that Cevian Capital II GP Limited upped its voting rights stake to 13.206621%, or 111,788,454 voting rights. The filing lists the previous position as 13.056468%, and says no new notification threshold was triggered.
June 30, 2026
UK power outages bring renewed attention to outage minutes as grid upgrade costs reach £89bn
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UK power outages bring renewed attention to outage minutes as grid upgrade costs reach £89bn

Outage minutes in Cheltenham and Warrington, flagged by local power-cut reports, put numbers to a risk investors know in British power networks. On Tuesday, the National Energy System Operator said Britain will need around 89 billion pounds in grid investment in the 2030s—53% more than the 2024 plan. Network charges already stand at about a quarter of a typical domestic power bill. National Grid said a high-voltage line fault was reported in Cheltenham at 10:37 a.m. on June 27, hitting the GL53 area. Early local reports put 1,791 properties off supply, then a GloucestershireLive update raised that figure to 2,117. All power was back by 12:57 p.m., according to Cheltenham Times.
June 30, 2026
Reckitt trades just over buyback average as UBS weighs in on guidance
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Reckitt trades just over buyback average as UBS weighs in on guidance

Reckitt Benckiser Group plc slipped Tuesday, with shares ending just over the price the company paid in its final buyback round, which wrapped up. The drop wasn’t big. Reckitt settled at 4,911p, off 0.63%. The FTSE 100 Index added 0.12%. The buyback price is the key number here. Reckitt said on June 16 that it wrapped up the third and last leg of its current £1 billion buyback, picking up 11,122,383 shares at an average of £48.55 each between March 9 and June 15. Shares closed Tuesday at £49.11, just 1.2% above the average paid.
June 30, 2026
UK car finance redress path may shift to courts after FCA pushes back deadline
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UK car finance redress path may shift to courts after FCA pushes back deadline

UK appeal court judges on Tuesday cleared the way for mass motor-finance claims to continue, while the Financial Conduct Authority’s planned redress scheme missed its June 30 start. The court threw out an appeal from lenders including Black Horse, a Lloyds Banking Group plc unit, who had tried to block lawyers from bringing group actions for thousands of car buyers, the Financial Times said. The FCA said last week it won’t force firms to send letters to customers, pay claims, or file reports under the timetable, since the court fight is ongoing. Investors now see more than the £7.5 billion refund pool as the key issue. It's about whether lenders can still process millions of cases through a lower-cost mass
June 30, 2026
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