News 29 June 2026 - 30 June 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
HSBC stock trades close to 52-week high, buyback restart depends on capital
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HSBC trades close to 52-week high, now worth more than four UK bank rivals put together

HSBC Holdings Plc started higher in London on Tuesday and stayed close to its 52-week top, about 2% below it. The stock is trading with a greater valuation premium than the modest price move shows. The London market was open. The London Stock Exchange's June 30 session was scheduled from 08:00 to 16:30 local time. According to HSBC’s investor page, which displays Refinitiv data delayed by at least 15 minutes, the bank’s London shares traded at 1,426.40p, Hong Kong shares at HK$147.80, and New York ADSs at $95.08 as of 08:09 GMT.
June 30, 2026
WH Smith (LON:SMWH) high-street sale faces investor focus after TG Jones court delay
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WH Smith (LON:SMWH) high-street sale faces investor focus after TG Jones court delay

TG Jones, which bought WH Smith’s high street stores, was still waiting on a High Court decision over its rescue plan on Tuesday after a judge delayed ruling, The Telegraph reported. The judge warned the chain may not be able to cover bills if the restructuring isn’t approved. The investor angle is that the court dispute now covers more than just rent. It’s turned into a question of how fast a 233-year-old high-street brand shed value after leaving a listed travel retailer and moving under a new name. TG Jones warned that administration is likely if the plan fails.
June 30, 2026
Morrisons store closures raise Post Office counter questions as Hull and Hemel petitions draw support
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Morrisons store closures raise Post Office counter questions as Hull and Hemel petitions draw support

Morrisons is facing pressure from locals in Hull and Hemel Hempstead as it moves to close some convenience stores, with residents pushing to keep Post Office counters open at affected sites. The grocer’s cuts are starting to reveal just how much local service is built into the UK grocery cost base. Morrisons is shutting seven Morrisons Daily shops in its first round of named closures. The group is testing a local problem for investors here. These stores may lose money for Morrisons, but they still offer banking, parcel collection and bill payments for the area. That mix makes it tough for politicians, landlords and buyers to put a simple value on walking away.
June 30, 2026
British Airways A380 cuts spotlight IAG’s premium play
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British Airways A380 cuts spotlight IAG’s premium play

British Airways is pulling more A380s from some routes, raising questions on IAG’s premium cabin strategy as travel trends shift. LONDON, June 30, 2026, 09:13 British Airways, part of International Consolidated Airlines Group, has cut the Airbus A380 from seven routes tied to Heathrow since it began flying passengers in 2013. The dropped routes give investors a look at where BA doesn't want to use the superjumbo for its flight time or Heathrow slots. IAG owns British Airways, Iberia, Vueling, Aer Lingus, LEVEL, IAG Loyalty and IAG Cargo.
June 30, 2026
Coles Group (ASX:COL) trades close to record high with ACCC pricing rules looming
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Coles Group (ASX:COL) trades close to record high with ACCC pricing rules looming

The Australian Securities Exchange was still in pre-open at dateline, with regular Sydney trading set for 9:59 a.m. through 4:00 p.m. S&P/ASX 200 futures picked up 3 points, or 0.03%, according to MarketIndex, after the index rose 59.20 points, or 0.68%, to finish at 8,823.40 on Monday. Coles opened Tuesday trading just under 1% off Monday’s top of A$24.59. The stock didn’t keep that high at the finish, closing at A$24.36 after moving between A$24.20 and A$24.59.
June 30, 2026
Ampol (ASX:ALD) lags ASX ahead of EG Australia close as deal math narrows
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Ampol (ASX:ALD) lags ASX ahead of EG Australia close as deal math narrows

June 30 isn’t on the 2026 ASX cash-market holiday list. As of the dateline, the market was in pre-open. Regular trading kicks off at 09:59:45 Sydney time and goes until 16:00. Ampol Limited started Tuesday, the slated EG Australia deal close, with its stock trading under the price used for the deal’s scrip component. That leaves the company facing stricter cash repayment if it skips issuing shares.
June 30, 2026
Brambles opens on ASX as buyback meets U.S. pallet repair costs
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Brambles opens on ASX as buyback meets U.S. pallet repair costs

Brambles opened in the ASX pre-market Tuesday, with shares off their May lows but still well below last year’s high. The ASX was trading ahead of regular hours at 09:03 AEST. Standard trading on the ASX is from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sydney time on business days, and the exchange’s 2026 calendar shows no closure on June 30. Now the focus is shifting from daily moves to how aggressively Brambles can buy back shares, given its U.S. pallet repair network is still burning cash. The company closed Monday with a market cap of A$26.43 billion and 1.34 billion shares on issue.
June 30, 2026
Qantas stock approaches FY26 finish; Tokyo capacity push questions upside
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Qantas stock approaches FY26 finish; Tokyo capacity push questions upside

Qantas Airways Limited heads into the last trading day of FY26 with its average broker target looking tight, but the carrier has a clearer focus on its network. It’s putting more planes on routes with solid leisure demand and pulling back on parts of the network hit by high costs or lighter passenger numbers. Qantas shares closed at A$10.70 on Monday, up 0.2% for the session, after moving between A$10.59 and A$10.75, according to the airline’s investor site. The S&P/ASX 200 gained 59.2 points, or 0.68%, to finish at 8,823.4 on Monday. MarketIndex said the benchmark was expected to open flat on Tuesday.
June 30, 2026
Santos clinches 200 PJ Cooper Basin gas deal, sets savings target as Pikka ramp looms
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Santos clinches 200 PJ Cooper Basin gas deal, sets savings target as Pikka ramp looms

Santos Limited heads into Tuesday’s ASX trade with a fresh domestic gas deal, but the main story is the contract’s effect on Cooper Basin cost life, not immediate earnings. The stock hadn’t changed hands yet as of the dateline. The Australian Securities Exchange trades out of Sydney, open weekdays from 9:59 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. AEST. ASX is not scheduled to close on June 30 in 2026, according to its holiday calendar.
June 30, 2026
South32 Ltd (ASX:S32) share price bounce leaves June selloff intact before quarterly update
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South32 Ltd (ASX:S32) share price bounce leaves June selloff intact before quarterly update

South32 Ltd entered Tuesday’s pre-open after a 1.79% rise on Monday, but the bounce did little to repair June’s damage. The miner closed at A$3.98; since June 22 it is down 4.1%, while the S&P/ASX 200 is up 0.1% over the same span. At the dateline time in Sydney, ASX Trade was in pre-open. The exchange lists pre-open from 07:00 to 09:59 Sydney time and normal trading from 09:59:45 to 16:00; June 30 is not listed among ASX cash-market holidays for 2026.
June 30, 2026
Computershare’s bounce may get tested on margins before ASX opens
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Computershare’s bounce may get tested on margins before ASX opens

Computershare Limited goes into Tuesday’s ASX pre-open up, but so far it’s mostly a rebound, not a full rerate. Stock was last seen at A$36.82. Most of the 2026 gains have come just in the past month. Over the past year, shares are still down. ASX trading is open from 09:59:45 to 16:00 in Sydney. June 30 isn’t listed as a closed day for 2026, so price checks resume after the opening auction.
June 30, 2026
Scentre Group (ASX:SCG) cash position eyed ahead of ASX open
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Scentre Group (ASX:SCG) cash position eyed ahead of ASX open

Scentre Group heads into Tuesday’s Sydney pre-market with a more focused debate than usual around its core Westfield assets—are investors valuing that Westfield cash flow as distributable income, or is the market seeing more of it staying within the group for debt or projects. As of the dateline, the ASX cash market hadn’t started normal trading. According to the ASX schedule, pre-open runs 7:00 to 9:59 Sydney time, then the market switches to normal trading at 09:59:45 until 16:00. June 30 isn’t a holiday on the ASX’s 2026 cash-market calendar.
June 30, 2026
REA Group (ASX:REA) buyback lags after rally, listings keep market divided
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REA Group (ASX:REA) buyback lags after rally, listings keep market divided

REA Group Ltd faces a clearer challenge Tuesday after rebounding in the last session. Shares jumped on Monday but remain under the price level where the nearly completed A$200 million buyback went through. REA finished Monday at A$138.63, gaining A$5.09, or 3.81%. The S&P/ASX 200 rose 59.2 points, or 0.68%, to 8,823.4. When dateline hit, the ASX cash market was still in pre-open; ASX lists normal trading as running from 09:59:45 to 16:00 Sydney time.
June 30, 2026
Telstra (ASX:TLS) lags ASX 200; map reset challenges mobile edge
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Telstra (ASX:TLS) lags ASX 200; map reset challenges mobile edge

Telstra Group Limited heads into Tuesday with shares trading close to the price set in its recent buyback. New data is also eating away at the network advantage Telstra uses to support its mobile pricing. ASX cash trading hadn’t started by 08:02 AEST, with the market still in pre-open. Trading on the main cash market is set for 09:59:45 to 16:00 Sydney time.
June 30, 2026
CAR Group (ASX:CAR) bounces after sharp ASX tumble but still trails analyst targets
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CAR Group (ASX:CAR) bounces after sharp ASX tumble but still trails analyst targets

CAR Group Limited traded higher Monday, but the bigger story may be the growing spread between where the stock sits and broker targets after last month's drop. Shares in the online vehicle marketplace finished at A$25.54, up A$1.04 on the day. Trading volume hit 2.35 million shares, above the 65-day average of 1.98 million. Prices moved between A$25.00 and A$25.83 during the session, according to FactSet data reported by WSJ.
June 29, 2026
ASX:LTR drops as Liontown slides on lithium ahead of June numbers
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ASX:LTR drops as Liontown slides on lithium ahead of June numbers

Liontown Limited heads into Tuesday’s ASX pre-open at A$1.66, with the stock under pressure from a week-long selloff that bucked a stronger local market. The S&P/ASX 200 index finished Monday up 0.7% at 8,823. Liontown’s own site last showed shares at A$1.66 early Tuesday. Normal matching on ASX is set for 09:59:45 Sydney time. The key number is the gap between Liontown’s share move and its operating numbers. Liontown shares have fallen 16.16% from A$1.98, but the stock is still up 137.14% for FY2026 and 5.73% in 2026 so far. China lithium carbonate, which is used as a rough proxy but isn’t Liontown’s spodumene, dropped 15.22% over the last month to 151,750 yuan a tonne as of June 29.
June 29, 2026
Cochlear (ASX:COH) close to 2016 lows after FY26 loss cuts A$11.7bn
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Cochlear (ASX:COH) close to 2016 lows after FY26 loss cuts A$11.7bn

Cochlear Limited wraps up the final ASX session of FY26 almost flat compared to FY16, even after ten years of sales gains and product launches. The hearing-implant group's shares ended Monday at A$121.08, just 17 cents under MarketIndex's close from June 30, 2016 at A$121.25. Shares remain well off the A$300.42 level seen at the end of FY25. With 65,398,917 shares outstanding, the slump from A$300.42 down to A$121.08 has cut around A$11.7 billion off the company’s equity value on a price-only basis. The company's market cap is now about A$7.9 billion, less than what the stock has lost since last June.
June 29, 2026
Mineral Resources (ASX:MIN) falls as lithium selling outweighs Lucky Bay hit
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Mineral Resources (ASX:MIN) falls as lithium selling outweighs Lucky Bay hit

The ASX cash market hadn't opened yet at the time of writing. June 30 doesn’t appear as a 2026 cash-market holiday, and usual trading hours for the Australian Securities Exchange cash market are 9:59 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Sydney time. Mineral Resources Limited dropped 1.57% to finish at A$62.15 on Monday. The move trailed the S&P/ASX 200, which gained 0.68%. Shares changed hands between A$61.25 and A$64.04. About 1.07 million shares traded.
June 29, 2026
Woolworths Group (ASX:WOW) gains A$8.4 billion as stock rallies into July law change
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Woolworths Group (ASX:WOW) gains A$8.4 billion as stock rallies into July law change

As of 07:01 AEST, ASX cash shares stayed in pre-open. Normal trading goes from 09:59:45 to 16:00 Sydney time, making Monday’s price the last completed trade. Woolworths Group Ltd started Tuesday already priced as if it's clear for a fiscal 2026 exit, with little reaction to fresh company news. The stock finished Monday at A$40.55, above where it sat before April’s guidance cut. It also touched an intraday peak at A$40.75, tying Google Finance’s 52-week high. Google put Woolworths’ market cap at A$49.54 billion, with 1.22 billion shares on issue.
June 29, 2026
Evolution Mining (ASX:EVN) outpaces ASX gold index as lower cash burn helps offset weaker gold prices
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Evolution Mining (ASX:EVN) outpaces ASX gold index as lower cash burn helps offset weaker gold prices

It’s 06:02 AEST in Sydney and ASX cash stocks have not opened yet. Pre-open will start at 0700, with main session from 09:59:45 to 1600 Sydney time. The most recent price on Evolution Mining Limited is from Monday’s close. EVN climbed 1.31% to A$12.39 on Monday. Volume was 5.72 million shares and turnover hit about A$70.8 million. The stock outperformed the S&P/ASX All Ordinaries Gold index, which slipped 0.18% to 15,730.70. That left a 1.49 percentage-point gap. Bullion fell and the gold index dropped, but EVN still closed higher.
June 29, 2026
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