News 3 July 2026

Etihad Orders 10 Boeing Jets, Raising Talk of Hard-to-Get 787 Slots
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Etihad Orders 10 Boeing Jets, Raising Talk of Hard-to-Get 787 Slots

Etihad Airways is nearing a deal for 10 more Boeing 787 jets, according to people briefed on the matter. The order would boost the Abu Dhabi carrier’s long-haul fleet, as early slots for wide-body deliveries are tight. Wide-bodies are twin-aisle planes mostly used for international routes. Reuters said the deal might be unveiled at the July 20-24 Farnborough Airshow, but sources said talks are still ongoing. Etihad and Boeing both declined to comment. The warning is getting more airtime these days — investors are watching not just how many jets sell, but which airlines can actually secure deliveries fast enough to cash in.
July 9, 2026
ISA cash tax differences leave UK investors with 83 bps choice ahead of 2027 rule shift
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ISA cash tax differences leave UK investors with 83 bps choice ahead of 2027 rule shift

London’s main equities market was already closed at publication time. London Stock Exchange hours are 0800 to 1630 local. Britain’s new ISA anti-avoidance charge makes savers pick yield over cash. On a 3.75% return, the 22% tax slices 82.5 basis points off income—so £82.50 a year lost on every £10,000 kept as cash in a stocks and shares ISA. Interactive investor puts 3.75% as a standard money market fund yield now, with HMRC fixing the charge at 22%.
July 3, 2026
Tesco shares hold ground as buyback helps balance UK grocery slip
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Tesco (TSCO.L) dips after buyback runs through 71% of £750m target

Tesco PLC traded lower Friday. The grocer’s regular buyback notice showed it’s spent £530.9 million out of a £750 million repurchase program that began in April. Shares last showed at 468.40p on the bid and 468.60p on the offer, off 5.10p, or 1.08%, according to delayed data from AJ Bell. The FTSE 100 was up 0.17% at 10,671.07, based on Hargreaves Lansdown figures.
July 3, 2026
DCC (LON:DCC) share price holds below offer cash leg as spread widens
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DCC (LON:DCC) share price holds below offer cash leg as spread widens

DCC plc traded below the clean cash leg of a possible takeover offer on Friday, a sign that the market is still pricing risk into a deal that the board has said it could support. The London Stock Exchange session runs to 16:30 BST; the quote came in late trade. At 6,110p, DCC was 415p below the 6,525p cash component proposed by KKR & Co Inc and Energy Capital Partners. That is a 6.8% gap. The wider 6,672.22p headline package, which includes the proposed final dividend, sits 562.22p above the quote, or 9.2%. DCC is already marked ex-dividend in Davy’s data, so new money in the stock is likely to focus more on the cash leg than the dividend-inclusive number.
July 3, 2026
Coro Energy up 14% in light AIM trade before AGM
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Coro Energy up 14% in light AIM trade before AGM

Coro Energy Plc jumped 14.29% to 4p on Friday, but volumes were thin. AJ Bell reported just 23,001 shares changing hands, and all the visible trades on July 3 totaled about £850. The bid-offer sat at 3p/4p, giving a 25% spread to the buy side. The London Stock Exchange kept its usual Friday hours, open from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. BST. The stock movement landed during the session, not off a holiday close.
July 3, 2026
IMI plc (LON:IMI) lags FTSE 100 as buyback impact dulls gains
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IMI shares gain ahead of £500 million buyback and July results

IMI plc pushed higher late in Friday’s London session, with trading patterns hinting at a cash-return move, not fresh news from the company. Shares were up 42p, or 1.44%, at 2,958p as of 16:01 BST on Google Finance. The FTSE 100 index added 0.18% at 15:47 BST. London Stock Exchange trading ends at 16:30 BST. IMI is trading near its highs, but the second £250 million piece of its buyback hasn’t shown up yet in daily filings. Investegate’s IMI RNS feed showed the most recent IMI update was a July 1 total voting rights notice; before that, a June 22 filing said the first £250 million buyback piece was finished.
July 3, 2026
Adnams PLC Class B shares: thin Aquis tape leaves debt repair as valuation test
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Adnams PLC Class B shares: thin Aquis tape leaves debt repair as valuation test

Adnams plc traded in tiny size on Friday, leaving its Aquis Class B quote saying more about liquidity than a clean market view on the Suffolk brewer’s turnaround. The mid price was 1,600p, unchanged on Aquis’s price-change field, while the bid and ask stood 800p apart. AQSE trades from 8:00 to 16:30 each weekday, and the London timestamp used here fell inside that session. Adnams’s last reported trade was at 14:41 BST.
July 3, 2026
Critical Mineral Resources stock: CMRS share-count gap before Morocco resource estimate
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Critical Mineral Resources stock: CMRS share-count gap before Morocco resource estimate

Critical Mineral Resources PLC sat in a wide quote on Friday, with delayed retail data showing a 2.00p sell price and 2.30p buy price. AJ Bell showed the stock up 0.20p, or 9.52%, with 277,016 shares traded and a market value of £7.86 million. Hargreaves Lansdown showed the same spread and volume but a £7.30 million market cap, a small but material mismatch for a junior miner. London was open for normal trading at the time of the dateline. The London Stock Exchange schedule for July 3 shows trading from 0800 to 1630 BST, even though U.S. markets were shut for the Independence Day holiday.
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
Rio Tinto (LON:RIO) steadies in London while lower-grade iron ore rivals take hit
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Rio Tinto (LON:RIO) steadies in London while lower-grade iron ore rivals take hit

Rio Tinto plc barely moved in London on Friday, with trading steady for the miner as it remains exposed to iron ore. China’s state buyer increased the pressure on lower-grade shipments from Fortescue Ltd. Shares traded at 7,078p at 15:04 BST, sitting between an intraday high of 7,179p and a low of 7,068p. The quote was during the regular London Stock Exchange hours, 8:00-16:30 BST. Rio's U.S.-listed ADR didn't trade as U.S. markets were shut July 3 for Independence Day. London shares showed the move.
July 3, 2026
Unilever shares fall with FTSE 350 lag as buyback math faces July earnings
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Unilever shares fall with FTSE 350 lag as buyback math faces July earnings

Unilever shares dropped Wednesday, trailing the FTSE 350, as traders pointed to buyback calculations ahead of July results. LONDON, July 3, 2026, 15:07 BST Unilever PLC shares dropped in London on Friday after the company wrapped up a buyback, taking some stock out of voting. But most investors shrugged off Friday’s drop. The main issue is the buyback isn’t big compared to the nearly £100 billion equity value. Unilever shares are still lagging the broader UK market ahead of July results.
July 3, 2026
BAE Systems shares flat after UK ramps up submarine budget
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BAE Systems shares flat after UK ramps up submarine budget

BAE Systems plc edged lower late Friday in London, giving up some ground after Thursday’s rally. Shares traded at 1,981.01p as of 15:01 BST, down 0.08%. Investors looked past headline defence spending and focused on how much work could go to lower-margin submarine projects. The FTSE 100 Index was last off 0.03% according to Google Finance. BAE jumped 5.45% to £19.83 on Thursday, outpacing the FTSE 100, which added 1.67%. But MarketWatch data shows the stock remains 16% under its 52-week high of £23.60 set in March.
July 3, 2026
Alkemy Capital (ALK:LSE) up 12% as market value lags behind Teesside lithium plant plan
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Alkemy Capital (ALK:LSE) up 12% as market value lags behind Teesside lithium plant plan

Alkemy Capital Investments Plc jumped 12.7% to 239p in London trading Friday, as action picked up in the small critical minerals name on the day of its annual meeting. ADVFN data showed 84,362 shares changing hands by 13:54 BST, with a 230p bid and 235p offer. The FTSE 100 traded at 10,640.15, off 0.12%. Alkemy’s gain stands out on the index, though it only recoups some of the late-June drop. Trading 212 daily data has the stock finishing at 237p on June 29, 224.5p June 30, then sliding to 216p July 1 and 212p July 2. The latest 239p quote is still 20.5% under the 300.5p close on June 15.
July 3, 2026
Safestay (LON:SSTY) puts £5.1m Glasgow sale cash on AIM board
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Safestay (LON:SSTY) puts £5.1m Glasgow sale cash on AIM board

Safestay reported it has sold its Glasgow hostel, booking £5.1 million in cash. The money puts more weight on the thinly traded AIM tape. London, July 3, 2026, 14:10 BST Safestay Plc, the AIM hostel group, is delivering a cash-number story for holders, but there's barely any volume on the tape. By 14:10 BST, London was trading as usual on Friday. The London Stock Exchange’s weekday hours are 8:00 to 16:30.
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
RELX PLC (LON:REL) buyback price dips as shares trade well below highs ahead of July results
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RELX PLC (LON:REL) falls as traders question buyback plan ahead of July results

RELX PLC fell Friday. The data and analytics group started its July buyback this week but still traded close to 12-month lows, ahead of first-half results due later this month. RELX shares fell 0.94% to 2,330.93p as of 14:01 BST. The FTSE 100 slipped 0.20% with Reuters market data running behind. RELX moved between 2,323p and 2,380p. Volume hit 922,350 shares, well under its typical 5.13 million.
July 3, 2026
NatWest Group Plc (LON:NWG) shares slip as Evelyn deal puts attention on capital ratios
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NatWest Group Plc (LON:NWG) shares slip as Evelyn deal puts attention on capital ratios

NatWest Group Plc slipped 0.38% to 676.00p in London Friday, trading close to other UK banks. The FTSE 100 also moved lower. London markets kept regular hours, with LSE open from 0800 to 1630 BST. NatWest has finished its buy of Evelyn Partners, putting a new focus on the stock. Shares now trade less like a simple rates play. Investors are watching to see if fee growth, cutting costs and using capital will pay off soon enough. The shift is bigger than the earlier soft move—now it's about the whole balance sheet.
July 3, 2026
Experian (LON:EXPN) shares flat; buybacks outpace shares for staff plans
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Experian (LON:EXPN) shares flat; buybacks outpace shares for staff plans

London Stock Exchange traded in its usual hours Friday, from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. BST. Shares of Experian plc were at 2,623p, up 0.04%, at 12:58 BST. The FTSE 100 stood at 10,630.04, down 0.21%, with index data delayed at least 15 minutes. Experian disclosed it bought back 467,376 shares on July 2 at an average 2,593.7994p each. On July 1, the company picked up another 474,171 shares at 2,537.2294p. All the shares will be cancelled.
July 3, 2026
Shell stock falls as focus shifts to buybacks after $1.7B Gulf deal
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Shell (LON:SHEL) holds steady after $3B U.S. asset sale lines up with buyback plan

Shell plc ticked down 0.05% to 2,898.00p/2,898.50p on a delayed AJ Bell quote around 1300 BST after trades just before 1259 BST. The FTSE 100 dropped 0.15% to 10,636.88 at 1257 BST. Brent crude hovered near $72 a barrel, oil benchmarks touching lows not seen since before the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran. The main story isn’t the slight move in the stock. Shell has pushed out $3.0 billion in U.S. asset sales in three days: a $1.3 billion sale of Jiffy Lube International and Premium Velocity Auto just closed, and a $1.7 billion agreement to sell Gulf of America assets to Talos Energy Inc and Ridgewood Energy. That lines up with the $3.0 billion buyback Shell revealed after Q1 results,
July 3, 2026
Emmerson stock rises on thin trade as $1.2 billion Morocco claim dwarfs market value
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Emmerson stock rises on thin trade as $1.2 billion Morocco claim dwarfs market value

Emmerson Plc was marked higher on Friday, but the trade tape was thin. AJ Bell data showed the AIM-listed potash developer at 2.30 pence, up 0.15 pence, or 6.98%, with volume of 30,000 shares and a market value of £30.74 million. The only July 3 trade shown was at 08:10:29 BST, worth £690. London Stock Exchange hours run from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. BST on normal weekdays, so the price was an intraday small-cap quote, not a closing print. The stock’s bigger issue is not the day’s gain. It is the gap between Emmerson’s quoted equity value and the $1.215 billion claim it has filed against Morocco over the Khemisset potash project. Using a Friday pound rate of about
July 3, 2026
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