LSE:SSE 20 May 2026 - 4 July 2026

London markets didn’t trade Saturday, so SSE PLC last changed hands at Friday’s close. The stock finished at 2,421 pence, gaining 0.08%. Turnover hit 3.4 million shares, about 81% of its 65-day average. SSE outperformed the FTSE 100 this week, up 4.13% over five days while the index added 1.40%. The FTSE 100 moved from 10,363.27 on June 19 to 10,508.02 on June 26. That put the stock ahead of the index by around 2.7 percentage points.

SSE PLC traded down 1.03% at 2,394 pence as of 14:04 BST Friday after the stock had jumped 3.02% to £24.19 on Thursday. The slip came after a regulatory move assigned a specific value to the company’s stalled Coire Glas pumped hydro project. Ofgem says it plans to back 16 long-duration electricity storage projects, together offering 7,645 MW under its cap-and-floor plan. Coire Glas, in north Scotland, is listed at 1,440 MW and 32 hours duration. That’s second in capacity to Earba, but Coire Glas tops the list for stored energy based on Ofgem’s numbers.

SSE PLC hovered at 2,423 pence Thursday, close to its session peak of 2,431 pence. The FTSE 100 added 0.6%, putting SSE about 2.6 points ahead of the index. SSEN Transmission put out economic modelling for £29 billion in new and upgraded grid infrastructure in northern Scotland. The company said the plan could support as many as 24,000 jobs in Scotland. “Scotland is entering a period of unprecedented investment in its transmission network,” said Rob McDonald, managing director of SSEN Transmission.

SSE’s transmission unit on Wednesday said its planned £29 billion upgrade in northern Scotland could support as many as 24,000 jobs in Scotland, with 10,000 of those in the north. A study put spending from SSEN Transmission, other grid operators and power generators at a potential £60 billion boost to UK output. “Scotland is entering a period of unprecedented investment in our electricity transmission network,” said Managing Director Rob McDonald. Scottish Renewables CEO Claire Mack said “network infrastructure must keep pace”. Scotland’s economy could end up as much as 3% bigger in the long run thanks to grid and renewables investment, according to the report. Macro modelling for the report was checked by the Fraser of Allander Institute. The numbers

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.

SSE PLC moved higher Monday, with shares at 2,352 pence at 14:50 BST, up 28 pence. There was no new trading update from the company, and the latest regulatory filing was a director shareholding notice on June 17. UK markets shifted focus back to political risk and borrowing after Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he would resign. Shares in rate-sensitive housing names dropped and the debate returned about whether a possible new government might ease up on fiscal policy. SSE shares moved higher.

SSE PLC managed a small bounce on Friday, up 13p at 2,325p, after dropping over the prior four sessions. Still, the shares wrapped up the week down 3.1% from last Friday’s 2,400p finish. SSE outperformed the market Friday but not enough to erase the week’s losses. SSE’s drop is notable as the company needs investor support for a big spending plan, with payoffs expected over a long timeline. Gilt yields hit a one-week high after the Bank of England left rates at 3.75%, with a 7-2 vote showing more hawkish sentiment. Higher yields on government bonds can pull investors away from utility names and push up borrowing costs for new projects. Saxo strategist Neil Wilson said investors are judging the

SSE Plc shares edged lower in late-morning London trading on Friday, extending the previous session’s decline as investors weighed the outlook for interest rates and utility financing. The stock was around 2,308 pence after opening at 2,317 pence, with an intraday range of 2,269 to 2,318 pence. The retreat did not look specific to SSE. National Grid fell 2.1% on Thursday and Centrica lost 2.9%, compared with SSE’s 1.8% decline, pointing to a wider repricing of UK utilities rather than a fresh warning about SSE’s operations.

SSE PLC shares traded lower Wednesday, with UK utilities behind the market. Investors are left considering the power-network firm’s extended build-out plans as the rates outlook turns more cautious. SSE shares were last at 2,327.50 GBX on the company’s investor page. A quote on Hargreaves Lansdown had the stock down 30p, or 1.27%, with the bid at 2,328p and the ask at 2,329p. The FTSE 100 slipped 0.16% on the delayed quote.

London, June 15, 2026, 17:02 BST. SSE PLC shares fell Monday in London. The stock closed at 2,369p to sell and 2,371p to buy, down 24p, or 1.00%, according to Hargreaves Lansdown. The FTSE 100 was off 0.39% on the day. AJ Bell listed the same prices and gave SSE a market value of roughly £28.66 billion.

SSE plc shares ended the week with investors weighing a fresh annual report against the utility’s large capital-spending programme. Barclays’ research centre showed SSE’s bid-offer at 2,398p/2,400p and a 4p, or 0.17%, gain at 15:45 on Friday, while the same page showed the FTSE 100 up 1.63%, suggesting SSE lagged a broader rally in UK blue chips. The immediate news was administrative rather than a new profit warning or upgrade: SSE said on June 12 that it had published its Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended March 31, 2026, its Notice of Annual General Meeting and its Sustainability Report. That still matters for the share price because the report puts investors back on the key question for SSE:

SSE shares traded lower on Wednesday after its annual report brought attention back to its £33bn energy investment plan. London, June 12, 2026, 15:04. SSE plc shares slipped Friday after the UK utility posted its Annual Report and Sustainability Report for 2026. Investors focused on the company’s investment plans, dividend schedule, and its scheduled trading update in July. SSE said in a filing it had released its Annual Report and Accounts for the year to March 31, 2026, the AGM notice, and its Sustainability Report. The company’s hybrid AGM is set for July 16 in Perth.

SSE PLC shares fell in London on Monday, trailing a steadier UK market as investors marked down the power group while weighing its heavy grid-spending programme. The stock was last at 2,387p, down 13p, or 0.54%, at 11:48 BST, with a 2,400p previous close, AJ Bell’s Morningstar-supplied data showed. The move matters because it came on a session when the FTSE 100, London’s main blue-chip share index, had clawed back early losses despite a wider risk wobble tied to Middle East tensions, higher oil and a sell-off in AI-linked stocks. That left SSE’s own story — funding, execution and the timing of returns — doing more work in the share price.

SSE finished the week up, closing at 2,398 pence on Friday. Investors moved back to the company's grid and renewables investment story. The London Stock Exchange shuts on Saturday, with regular trading from Monday to Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. BST. SSE’s move lands with the market still sorting through energy-price jolts, rising rates and talk of more infrastructure spending. The FTSE 100 edged up 0.07% Friday, but logged a loss for the week, according to Reuters. Mid-cap shares took a steeper fall.