News 2 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
RELX dips as new £100m buyback goes at discount to AI-fueled run
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RELX dips as new £100m buyback goes at discount to AI-fueled run

RELX PLC slipped Thursday even as London stocks moved up, so buybacks by the information and analytics company stretched further at the lower share price. Shares traded at 2,322p as of 11:49 BST, down 1.61% for the session. The FTSE 100 Index was last up 0.40% at 10,520.63, hitting near a 52-week high at 11:00 BST. UK data name Experian plc gained 0.19% to 2,584p.
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
Safestay’s £5.1m Glasgow deal puts AIM’s liquidity gap in focus
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Safestay’s £5.1m Glasgow deal puts AIM’s liquidity gap in focus

Safestay Plc sold its Glasgow hostel for £5.1 million, cashing in an asset worth over half its current market cap, but the shares barely reacted. The AIM-listed hostel group closed the sale of Safestay Glasgow Charing Cross to an independent investor on July 1, during normal London Stock Exchange hours. Shares last traded flat at 13.50p as of 10:35 BST on Thursday, with a 12p sell and 15p buy quote. Just 8 shares moved so far, worth around £1.20 at 15p, latest price on the tape. Market cap stood at £8.77 million.
July 2, 2026
ProService shareholders to vote on refinancing plan; dilution seen far above stock’s market value
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ProService shareholders to vote on refinancing plan; dilution seen far above stock’s market value

ProService Building Services Marketplace Plc shifted to a refinancing and dilution play after a proposed £60 million funding package pointed to heavy new cash and a likely large share issue. On June 29, the company said it will look to issue as much as £25 million in floating-rate secured convertible loan notes to Ravensworth Limited, with a £35 million asset-based lending deal lined up with Leumi UK Group Limited. AIM was open at the time reported. TradingHours.com showed the London Stock Exchange July 2 session running from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. local, with London time at 12:08 BST.
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
NatWest stock falls as £2.7bn Evelyn deal tests capital patience
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NatWest stock falls as £2.7bn Evelyn deal tests capital patience

NatWest Group Plc slipped in regular London trading on Thursday, giving back part of the previous session’s gain as the market put a price on the bank’s newly completed push into wealth management. The stock was quoted at 672.8p/673.0p, down 0.97%, at 10:45 BST. The FTSE 100 was up 0.50% at the same snapshot. The London Stock Exchange was in a normal Thursday session, with July 2 listed as an 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. trading day.
July 2, 2026
BP PLC trades near 460p as oil risk premium drops, trading desk gets new leadership
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BP PLC trades near 460p as oil risk premium drops, trading desk gets new leadership

BP PLC ticked higher in London on Thursday, but the move barely dented losses for June. The stock is still acting more like an oil risk trade losing premium than a straightforward rebound. BP shares traded 0.99% higher at 460.10p as of 11:01 a.m. London, showing a 20-minute delay. The stock opened at 453.00p and moved between 450.60p and 460.20p. Shares are still down 24.5% from the 609.40p high this year, even with a dividend yield around 5% and a market cap near 71.1 billion pounds.
July 2, 2026
Petra Diamonds share price: coupon share issue puts 50p note price against 7p market
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Petra Diamonds share price: coupon share issue puts 50p note price against 7p market

Petra Diamonds Limited shares rose in London morning trade on Thursday, but the larger investor signal was in Wednesday’s share admission notice: a small-looking 5.7% increase in shares carries a much larger message about debt, liquidity and the market’s view of the miner. Petra said it would settle its June 2026 coupon on the notes in shares rather than cash. The coupon was US$13.0 million, at 11.5% annual interest, and the shares are being issued at 50p each. The stock was quoted at 7.06p on Petra’s investor page at 1000 BST, about 86% below that coupon reference price.
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
FTSE 100 edges up, but UK mid-caps slide after credit worries
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FTSE 100 edges up, but UK mid-caps slide after credit worries

The FTSE 100 edged higher late Thursday morning, but the main story was away from the headline number. Trading Economics showed its FTSE 100 GB100 CFD at 10,528.33, up 0.48%. But Sharecast’s 0834 BST snapshot had the FTSE 100 off 0.07% at 10,470.93 and the FTSE 250 0.58% lower at 23,194.67. Early moves showed small caps got hit harder on guidance. Sharecast’s table said the 10 worst FTSE 250 names dropped an average 4.10%. That compares to a 1.46% average drop for the 10 worst FTSE 100 stocks. The biggest FTSE 100 gainers rose an average 1.76%. Food retail, luxury and exchange infrastructure names led on the upside.
July 2, 2026
Marechale Capital (LON:MAC) shares move after deal changes outstanding count
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Marechale Capital (LON:MAC) shares move after deal changes outstanding count

Marechale Capital Plc jumped in early London trade on Thursday, drawing new focus to how far its share price is from the 1.75p issue price it used in June to fund acquisitions and boost cash. Regular hours at the London Stock Exchange are 0800 to 1630 local time on weekdays. Marechale’s Investegate page didn’t list any new regulatory news since a June 30 holding notice. So the stock jump seems to come down to cap-table changes from Marechale’s buys of Stanford Capital Partners, Blubird Global Inc and NJC Capital, with no fresh trading update posted.
July 2, 2026
Cindrigo trades below 12p placing price as London volume stays light
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Cindrigo trades below 12p placing price as London volume stays light

Cindrigo Holdings Limited traded higher in early London hours Thursday. The real focus, though, was less the day’s move and more the wide split between the quoted price in thin trading and the 12p per share price strategic investors are paying for new equity. XLON was open for trading from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. BST July 2. Cindrigo traded at a 4.00p sell and 5.50p buy price, according to AJ Bell, up 0.75p or about 15.8%. Volume was 12,000 shares. The most recent shown trade was 12,000 shares at 5.5p for £660.
July 2, 2026
Shell stock falls as focus shifts to buybacks after $1.7B Gulf deal
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Shell holds steady after $3 bln asset sales fill buyback shortfall

Shell Plc shares were flat in London on Thursday. Investors are watching one figure: $3.0 billion. That’s how much Shell has collected from two U.S. asset sales either announced or completed since June 30. It’s the same as the buyback Shell has put on hold until mid-July. Shares traded at 2,872.5 pence as of 0906 BST, flat on the session. The stock closed 2.06% lower Wednesday. MarketWatch said the shares are down 23.57% from the 52-week peak of 3,758.5 pence set June 4.
July 2, 2026
Rolls-Royce trades close to highs as buyback leeway narrows ahead of July earnings
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Rolls-Royce trades close to highs as buyback leeway narrows ahead of July earnings

Rolls-Royce Holdings plc goes into its July results with a clear share buyback figure on the books. By looking at daily data in its July 1 filing, the company bought 4,007,376 shares between June 23 and June 29 at an average price of about 1,409p, or around £56.5 million. Shares traded near 1,455p on Thursday morning, so that means last week's buys were roughly 3.3% under the market price. Rolls-Royce’s buyback gap has widened. The company said it has bought 74,601,999 shares so far in its active programme at a weighted average price of 1,212.92p. That price is almost 20% under Thursday’s level, and the buybacks total about £905 million, or 39% of the £2.3 billion programme outlined in its
July 2, 2026
HSBC trades near recent high with August earnings in view
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HSBC (LON:HSBA) stock trails after $162m Zing loss puts number to fintech pullback

HSBC Holdings Plc traded lower in London on Thursday, slipping 1.28 percentage points behind the FTSE 100 which was up. Investors responded to new numbers on a fintech project HSBC has scrapped. Shares stayed around 2% below the 1,456p year high, so cost surprises could still weigh. Zing was in focus after Financial News reported Wednesday the international payments app’s holding company recorded a $30.4 million loss last year, mostly due to a $30.6 million impairment. Since launch, impairments have totaled $162.4 million. HSBC had invested $208.5 million and put the value of recoverable assets at $38.4 million, the report said.
July 2, 2026
Nostrum Oil & Gas edges up on light volume with bondholder vote in focus
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Nostrum Oil & Gas edges up on light volume with bondholder vote in focus

Nostrum Oil & Gas Plc surged 14.3% just after the open in London Thursday. Trading was light—100 shares swapped hands, according to Google Finance, which put the price at 4.00 pence at 08:00:20 BST. Market cap was at £6.57 million with 165.24 million shares out. The London Stock Exchange ran its regular 08:00-16:30 BST hours. Screen is moving more than the real money here. At 4.00p, 100 shares only come to £4. The 0.5p jump from the last quote pushes the quoted equity up by about £826,000 using Google Finance’s share count.
July 2, 2026
Capricorn Energy (LON:CNE) jumps on Genel bid, but dividend carve-out keeps deal spread
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Capricorn Energy (LON:CNE) jumps on Genel bid, but dividend carve-out keeps deal spread

Capricorn Energy PLC shares surged Thursday after Genel Energy PLC said it would buy the company for about $360 million. Still, Capricorn traded below the 357p offer, leaving a gap on execution, currency, and the special dividend. Hargreaves Lansdown's delayed quote showed Capricorn at 342p/348p, up 58p, or 20.1%, from a prior 288p close. Volume was 696,562 shares. The gap is important because the offer is split between cash and a dividend. Genel is putting up $3.75 a share for Capricorn, which is about 282p at the deal exchange rate. There's also a $0.99 special dividend from Capricorn—around 75p, but that only pays out if the scheme goes through. Capricorn shares at 345p, based on the HL quote, traded roughly
July 2, 2026
Funding Circle (LON:FCH) shares climb 7% after buyback update
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Funding Circle (LON:FCH) shares climb 7% after buyback update

Funding Circle Holdings Plc rose 7.02% Wednesday, putting a spotlight on the lender’s reduced share count after the late June voting-rights notice and recent share buybacks. Shares ended at 158.60p, up 10.40p, after swinging from 147.00p to 159.20p. About 1.73 million shares changed hands, more than double Google Finance’s average of 780,620. LSE trading closed with Funding Circle quoted at 157.60p to sell, 158.00p to buy, up from a 148.20p close. Hargreaves Lansdown’s broker page showed the FTSE 250 up 1.38% on the day, but Funding Circle posted a much bigger one-day gain.
July 2, 2026
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