LSE:RKT 22 June 2026 - 4 July 2026

Reckitt Benckiser Group plc bounced 3.67% for the week, but action stayed muted. Shares dipped 0.31% to 5,112p on Friday. Trading volume was just 822,250 shares, about 39% of the 65-day average. With July 4 on a Saturday, this update covers last week and looks ahead, as the London Stock Exchange trades Monday through Friday, 0800 to 1630 local. Reckitt investors got a legal update, not a sales one. A jury in St. Louis decided that Reckitt’s Mead Johnson business was not responsible for necrotizing enterocolitis in a premature baby. Reuters said this case is part of nearly 1,000 lawsuits targeting Mead Johnson and Abbott Laboratories, with over 700 cases grouped in Illinois federal court.

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.

Reckitt Benckiser Group plc tacked on almost £0.9 billion in equity value Thursday, a big swing higher for a stock still off 18% this year and trading more than 21% under its January peak. Volume didn't follow the jump, with 999,020 shares traded—well below the 65-day average of 2.12 million, MarketWatch data showed. That’s the number investors will care about. Reckitt outperformed the FTSE 100 by 1.14 points, but traded at less than half its usual volume. This looks more like a risk adjustment than a full re-rating ahead of half-year results later this month.

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.

Reckitt Benckiser Group plc climbed late Monday, building on Friday’s gains. Shares in the Dettol and Durex maker moved back over the average purchase price from its last buyback tranche—a slim difference that’s in focus before July results. The stock changed hands at 4,962.00p on the sell side and 4,963.00p to buy in delayed AJ Bell data, up 32.00p, or 0.65%. The FTSE 100 index slipped 0.18% to 10,489.06, according to Investing.com figures for June 29. London markets were still open at that point, with the exchange listing trading from 08:00 until 16:30.

June 27 lands on a Saturday in London this year, which makes Friday’s closing price the last available for Reckitt Benckiser Group plc. Reckitt ended Friday at 4,931p, up 2.15%. The shares have now risen for five straight sessions, with a 6.9% jump for the week after starting at 4,614p on June 19. The FTSE 100 slipped 0.21% on Friday.

Reckitt Benckiser Group plc was up 2.0% at 4,924p at 14:50 BST Friday. Volume came in at 413,320 shares, well below Google Finance’s average of 1.87 million. Shares touched 4,940p earlier in the session. The 52-week range is 3,664p to 6,514p. FTSE 100 drops 0.99% at 14:28 BST; Reckitt stands out as a defensive play in a weaker London market. Friday trading was regular on the London Stock Exchange, open 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. BST.

Reckitt Benckiser Group plc climbed 1.3% to around 4,841 pence late Thursday. The stock is up 4.0% over two sessions. That put it about 3 percentage points ahead of the FTSE 100 since Wednesday. Non-executive directors Deepak Nath, Harry Kirsch and Pat Verduin bought 987 shares on June 23 at a weighted average of £46.29 each, the company said in a filing published Thursday. The group spent £45,689.35 for the lot. As of Thursday’s trading, that stake was valued around £47,781, up about £2,100 on paper.

Reckitt Benckiser Group plc slipped at the open in London on Monday, with LSE:RKT trading close to 4,600 pence. The drop put the group's market value near £29.2 billion. Investors weighed weaker first-quarter numbers and lagging inflation pressure against softer oil prices. Cheaper crude could mean lower prices for things like plastic packaging and transportation, both tied to oil. But the timing may not line up. Chief Executive Kris Licht said last week, “We’re really just at the beginning of seeing all that come through and affect the consumer,” and recent cost pressures could continue over the next year.