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Stock Market Today: Live Updates 16.07.2026

LIVEMarkets rolling coverageStarted: July 16, 2026, 4:00 AM EDTUpdated: July 16, 2026, 4:49 AM EDT London Stock Exchange Lists New AIM Securities, Including Europa Oil & Gas Holdings July 16, 2026, 4:48 AM EDT. New securities joined AIM trading on the London Stock Exchange today, with Europa Oil & Gas Holdings Plc putting 96.2 million ordinary shares on the board. The list also included Frontier IP Group Plc, Galantas Gold Corporation, Great Western Mining Corporation Plc, NEXT 15 Group Plc, and Quadrise PLC. All shares are fully paid, with different nominal values and classes. The new admissions expand the AIM
July 16, 2026
Unilever Stock Near 52-Week Low as McCormick Foods Talks Keep Investors Wary

Unilever Stock Near 52-Week Low as McCormick Foods Talks Keep Investors Wary

Unilever stuck close to its 52-week low on Tuesday in London, with shares slipping to 4,535 pence during the session — matching Monday’s close, off 1.32%. The move comes as investors continue to digest the company’s March 20 news about ongoing discussions with McCormick regarding its Foods division. By mid-morning, the STOXX 600 was also lower, down 0.3%. This isn’t just about value creation—investors keep eyeing the potential deal as yet another tricky carve-out. Back on March 20, Unilever confirmed it had fielded an unsolicited offer for Foods and entered talks with McCormick, stressing again there’s no guarantee of a deal.
March 24, 2026
National Grid Share Price Today: Why the Stock Rose Despite a Goldman Sachs Downgrade
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National Grid Share Price Today: Why the Stock Rose Despite a Goldman Sachs Downgrade

National Grid ticked up nearly 1% on Tuesday, shrugging off a downgrade from Goldman Sachs, which lowered its rating on the British grid operator to neutral from buy. Investors seemed to stick with the company's growth-through-investment story. As of the latest delayed trade, shares were up about 1.1% at approximately 1,224 pence. Goldman also shifted SSE to neutral in the same move. National Grid’s position is key, with the company close to the heart of efforts to beef up power grids as utilities scramble to keep up with electrification and surging demand from data centres. The shares held up, even as broader European markets slid—oil supply jitters dented risk appetite.
March 24, 2026
BP Stock Price Rebounds Above 546p as Oil Tops $100 Again, Iran Risk Lingers
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BP Stock Price Rebounds Above 546p as Oil Tops $100 Again, Iran Risk Lingers

BP bounced back in London trading Tuesday, up roughly 1.5% at 546 pence, after Brent crude pushed past $100 a barrel. On Monday, shares had slumped 4.21%, ending at 538.6 pence. Oil prices reversed course as Iran rejected U.S. statements about possible negotiations to halt the Gulf war. “The reality on the ground is unchanged,” said Nikos Tzabouras, analyst at Jefferies-owned Tradu.com. That’s significant: BP draws roughly 22% of its total output—about 503,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day—from the Middle East in 2025, a region now at the center of the latest oil shock. The company doesn’t operate any refineries in the area, but relies on this oil-and-gas production metric.
March 24, 2026
Rolls-Royce Holdings plc Stock Price Slips Despite New UK Investment in Rotherham
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Rolls-Royce Holdings plc Stock Price Slips Despite New UK Investment in Rotherham

Shares of Rolls-Royce Holdings plc dropped roughly 1.4% to 1,166 pence as of 12:19 GMT on Tuesday. The decline came despite news of new investment at the company’s Rotherham turbine-blade facility. The stock closed at 1,183 pence previously and touched 1,149 pence at its session low. This is notable, given Rolls-Royce had just raised its outlook last month, pushing the stock to all-time highs following a strong profit and a hefty capital return plan. But Tuesday’s action made clear: that upbeat narrative can get knocked back fast if oil prices surge and investors rotate out of economically sensitive names.
March 24, 2026
UK & AU Stock Market Today: Live Updates 24.03.2026
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UK & AU Stock Market Today: Live Updates 24.03.2026

LIVEMarkets rolling coverageStarted: March 24, 2026, 8:38 AM EDTUpdated: March 24, 2026, 11:59 PM EDT NuEnergy Gas (ASX:NGY) Trading Halted Following Price Surge March 24, 2026, 11:54 PM EDT. NuEnergy Gas (ASX:NGY) experienced an unexpected trading halt after a significant price surge on the Australian Securities Exchange. The halt aims to allow the market to absorb fresh information influencing the stock's sharp movements. Trading suspensions are a regulatory tool used to ensure fair market conditions when volatility spikes or pending announcements occur. Investors await further disclosures from NuEnergy Gas to clarify the factors behind the price jump. The company's shares
March 24, 2026
Shell Stock Price Today: Oil Rebound and $3 Billion Adura Loan Put Shares Back in Focus
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Shell Stock Price Today: Oil Rebound and $3 Billion Adura Loan Put Shares Back in Focus

Shell Plc’s U.S. shares edged up roughly 0.3% to $90.71 on Tuesday, tracking Brent crude’s rebound past $100 a barrel after Iran pushed back on talk of negotiations with the U.S. Investors sifted through news of a $3 billion funding deal for Adura, Shell’s North Sea partnership with Equinor. This shift is significant for Shell, given its exposure on both fronts of the Gulf turmoil. Rising crude prices can boost cash flow fast. But the conflict has also hit Shell-connected assets in Qatar, while stirring up new doubts around LNG—liquefied natural gas—a business central to the group.
March 24, 2026
Lloyds Banking Group Share Price Holds Near 93p as FCA Motor Finance Update Looms
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Lloyds Banking Group Share Price Holds Near 93p as FCA Motor Finance Update Looms

Lloyds Banking Group shares held near 92.68 pence in London on Tuesday, as investors sized up a fresh date for Britain’s motor-finance compensation plan and another shaky session for bank stocks. The Financial Conduct Authority said it would spell out its approach on March 30, after markets close. The timing matters. The FCA’s redress plan — compensation for customers who were not properly told about commissions on car loans — has been one of the biggest overhangs for a small group of lenders, and Reuters has reported both that the watchdog put the bill near 11 billion pounds last year and that Lloyds is among the banks with material exposure.
March 24, 2026
Kenya Fuel Shortage Deepens as Nairobi Pumps Run Dry, Dealers Warn of Supply Halt
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Kenya Fuel Shortage Deepens as Nairobi Pumps Run Dry, Dealers Warn of Supply Halt

Petrol shortages in Nairobi intensified Tuesday, leaving stations across the city bone dry. Lines snaked out from the handful of pumps still serving customers, while no-fuel notices went up at many more. Officials maintained there was enough supply nationwide, but dealers cautioned that the crunch might soon reach areas outside the capital. Timing is crucial here: Kenya depends on imported refined fuel, its fortunes tied to Gulf supply routes. Right now, conflict in the Middle East has already upended traffic through the Strait of Hormuz—a waterway that moves roughly a fifth of the world's oil and LNG. In Kenya, even a brief supply squeeze can show up fast in bus fares, freight charges, and the price of food.
March 24, 2026
ADP Stock Under Fresh Scrutiny as SEC Filings Show Mixed, Delayed Fund Moves
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ADP Stock Under Fresh Scrutiny as SEC Filings Show Mixed, Delayed Fund Moves

Institutional moves in Automatic Data Processing have been anything but straightforward lately. TABR Capital Management disclosed a fresh $4.55 million stake in ADP in a Jan. 9 SEC filing. But by Jan. 28, an amended restatement covering the same Dec. 31 period dropped ADP from the holdings altogether. Why does it matter? Form 13F filings—those laggy quarterly SEC snapshots of fund positions—can tip investors off to which stocks are drawing serious attention. On Monday, ADP traded up roughly 0.5% to $209.71.
March 24, 2026
Gold Prices Tumble Despite Iran War as Oil Whipsaws and Investors Dump Metals
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Gold Prices Tumble Despite Iran War as Oil Whipsaws and Investors Dump Metals

Gold lost its initial war-driven momentum, sliding for the ninth session in a row on Monday. Prices dipped to a four-month low before clawing back some ground, after U.S. President Donald Trump put off planned strikes against Iranian energy targets for five days. That pause helped extend a rout that had already marked the metal’s worst week since 1983. This shift is notable: for once, bullion hasn’t been the go-to haven. Investors have been offloading gold rather than piling in, with oil-linked inflation jitters sending yields up and pushing out any chance of rate cuts. Charu Chanana at Saxo observed that the market is treating the turmoil as “more than just a geopolitical flare-up,” bracing for a longer-lasting stagflation shock—think
March 24, 2026
Fed’s Goolsbee Says Rate Hikes Back on Table as Iran War Clouds Cuts
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Fed’s Goolsbee Says Rate Hikes Back on Table as Iran War Clouds Cuts

Chicago Fed President Austan Goolsbee on Monday left the door open to a rate cut this year—provided inflation comes down—but didn’t rule out a hike if the war with Iran keeps prices elevated. “Both scenarios are on the table,” he told CNBC. This comes just a week after the Fed kept rates steady at 3.50%-3.75%, with officials signaling one cut for the year. But the Iran-driven oil shock changed the math fast. By Friday, futures traders were suddenly assigning about a 25% probability to a December hike—something that wasn’t even on the radar days before.
March 24, 2026
European ETF Outflows Spread as Iran War Oil Shock Tests Market Calm
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European ETF Outflows Spread as Iran War Oil Shock Tests Market Calm

Investors pulled money from European exchange-traded funds on Monday, with outflows hitting both bond and financial stock ETFs amid anxiety that the war with Iran could keep energy prices high. According to Morningstar Direct data reported by ETF Stream, Europe-based fixed-income ETFs had lost $675 million by March 18, while financial-sector ETFs were down $3.2 billion. Those withdrawals came despite a late-session market bounce after U.S. President Donald Trump delayed U.S. strikes on Iranian power infrastructure for five days. Rising fuel prices are pushing up household expenses and shaping Europe’s outlook for interest rates, sparking concerns about weaker growth and quicker inflation. Euro zone consumer confidence dropped to -16.3 in March after a reading of -12.3, according to the latest
March 24, 2026
Why MARA Stock Is Swinging Again as Bitcoin Rebounds and Its AI Data Center Pivot Faces Scrutiny
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Why MARA Stock Is Swinging Again as Bitcoin Rebounds and Its AI Data Center Pivot Faces Scrutiny

MARA Holdings shares jumped Monday as bitcoin rallied, but investors remained divided on the miner’s planned pivot to AI data centers—and just how much bitcoin MARA might need to liquidate to bankroll the transition. By 5:28 p.m. EDT, shares were at $8.91, a gain of $0.44 on the day. Bitcoin hovered around $70,929, up roughly 4.5%. The issue is getting attention as AI firms scramble for dependable power sources, with crypto miners sitting on a chunk of that limited supply. MARA is making a play to turn its mining sites and energy holdings toward landing contracts for artificial-intelligence and high-performance computing jobs — those massive, energy-intensive workloads running behind cloud and AI platforms — instead of sticking strictly to mining.
March 23, 2026
Dow Jumps 631 Points, Oil Falls Below $100 as Trump’s Iran Talk Claim Revives Wall Street’s TACO Trade
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Dow Jumps 631 Points, Oil Falls Below $100 as Trump’s Iran Talk Claim Revives Wall Street’s TACO Trade

Stocks bounced back Monday as oil tumbled below the $100 mark, following President Donald Trump’s comments on “productive” U.S.–Iran talks and a five-day pause on planned strikes against Iranian power facilities. The Dow surged 631 points by the bell, the S&P 500 rose 1.1%, and the Nasdaq picked up 1.4%. Brent crude fell to $99.94 a barrel. Investors had steeled themselves for a harsher energy jolt after the Strait of Hormuz was essentially closed off. Roughly 20% of the world’s oil and LNG supply passes through these waters. Just the hint of a disruption sent Treasury yields sliding, put pressure on the dollar, and funneled cash back into equities.
March 23, 2026
Elon Musk Found Liable in Twitter Fraud Trial as Jury Says Investors Were Misled in $44 Billion Deal
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Elon Musk Found Liable in Twitter Fraud Trial as Jury Says Investors Were Misled in $44 Billion Deal

SAN FRANCISCO, March 23, 2026, 2:27 PM PDT A San Francisco jury has decided Elon Musk misled Twitter investors amid his 2022 battle to acquire the company, a case tied to the $44 billion buyout he ultimately closed. Musk's legal team plans to appeal, but according to shareholders’ attorney Francis Bottini, estimated damages land near $2.5 billion.
March 23, 2026
Goldman Sachs Raises Brent, WTI Oil Forecasts Despite 11% Oil Drop on Iran Talk Hopes
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Goldman Sachs Raises Brent, WTI Oil Forecasts Despite 11% Oil Drop on Iran Talk Hopes

Goldman Sachs bumped up its 2026 oil price targets, citing risks from possible trouble in the Strait of Hormuz and a wave of strategic stockpiling that could keep supplies squeezed. Even after crude prices fell on optimism over potential U.S.-Iran talks, the bank now sees Brent averaging $85 a barrel, up from its previous $77 call. For West Texas Intermediate, the new forecast is $79, compared with $72 earlier. This call lands at a pivotal moment: despite the market’s abrupt turnaround, the supply shock remains unresolved. Roughly a fifth of global oil and LNG moves through the Strait of Hormuz. Asia, more vulnerable than most, sources about 60% of its oil imports from the Middle East.
March 23, 2026
African ministers snub London Africa Energies Summit as local content row deepens
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African ministers snub London Africa Energies Summit as local content row deepens

On Monday, the African Energy Chamber announced African petroleum ministers won’t be at the Africa Energies Summit in London this May, escalating tensions over local content and representation. The move comes after Mozambique's Energy Chamber withdrew from the event last week. This matters because the summit brands itself as Africa’s top global upstream gathering—upstream covering oil and gas exploration and production—and serves as a meeting ground for governments, national oil companies, and investors. Should official African attendance drop, a London event designed to promote licensing rounds and LNG export projects, with gas chilled to liquid for transport, could lose its edge just as Mozambique’s major gas projects are picking up.
March 23, 2026
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