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Stock Market Today: Live Updates 10.07.2026

LIVEMarkets rolling coverageStarted: July 10, 2026, 4:00 AM EDTUpdated: July 10, 2026, 8:35 AM EDT Ryanair Passenger Pulled Back After Window Comes Loose Mid-Flight July 10, 2026, 8:29 AM EDT. A Ryanair passenger was nearly pulled out of the aircraft when a window came loose on a flight to Germany, according to witnesses and officials Friday. Other passengers grabbed him and hauled him inside. The event raised questions about aircraft window safety. Man nearly sucked out of 'detached' window on Ryanair flight FTSE 100 flat; Vodafone spikes on shareholder move July 10, 2026, 8:14 AM EDT. The FTSE 100 was
July 10, 2026
EQT AB (STO:EQT) offer keeps Intertek Group plc (LON:ITRK) stock in check amid more Rule 8 disclosures
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EQT AB (STO:EQT) offer keeps Intertek Group plc (LON:ITRK) stock in check amid more Rule 8 disclosures

Intertek Group plc ticked up Friday even as London’s blue chips slipped. Shares in the product-testing firm looked like a takeover play, not trading on demand stories. Google Finance put Intertek at 5,805p, just 15p off its 52-week high of 5,820p. The FTSE 100 dropped 92.64 points to 10,437.25. Live spread is tight, but still there. Friday’s quote is 195p below EQT’s £60-per-share cash offer, putting the discount at 3.25%, which works out to about a 3.4% gross return for anyone who buys now and holds until close, before costs. EQT’s bid puts Intertek’s equity value near £9.3 billion on the cash leg, or £9.5 billion when factoring in the final dividend.
June 26, 2026
IAG share price down as buyback looks stretched near highs
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IAG share price down as buyback looks stretched near highs

International Consolidated Airlines Group SA dropped Friday. The stock now sits around 16% above the weighted average price the company paid during its June buyback, filings show. British Airways' parent spent more per share than shares were trading near the end of the week, according to Friday pricing. IAG traded at 481.5p/481.7p at 1246 BST, according to AJ Bell, off 1.29%. Shares opened at 484.3p after a prior close at 488p. Year high stood at 492.9p, and the market cap was £21.36 billion as shown by the AJ Bell feed.
June 26, 2026
easyJet (LON:EZJ) bid premium leaves £590 million deal spread
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easyJet (LON:EZJ) bid premium leaves £590 million deal spread

easyJet plc traded far under Castlelake’s recent takeover offer on Friday, leaving about £590 million between what Castlelake valued the airline at and what investors priced the shares at in the market. Shares traded at 572.5p at 13:01 BST, off 0.3% for the day but up 13.7% over the last five days, based on Cboe Europe numbers from MarketScreener. That’s 77.5p below Castlelake’s 650p cash offer per share, about 12% under the bid price.
June 26, 2026
SEGRO shares: Prologis offer gap narrows with lower all-share price
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SEGRO shares: Prologis offer gap narrows with lower all-share price

SEGRO plc gave up little of its takeover-driven rally on Friday. Shares traded at 878.3p on Cboe Europe at 0801 EDT, down 0.2%. The live bid spread now matters more than the offer headline. London’s FTSE 100 slipped 0.7% by 0907 GMT. Prologis Inc gave a 925p number that's out of date. That figure came from Prologis’ June 23 close at $145.30 and a GBP/USD rate of 1.32. With Prologis now at $140.53 and sterling at $1.3219, the same 0.084-share exchange ratio turns into roughly 893p. The spread is now about 14.7p, not the 46.7p gap used in the headline offer.
June 26, 2026
Tesco lets teens join Clubcard as UK grocery sales lag competitors
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Tesco (LON:TSCO) up as buyback clears halfway, cash returns over £1bn

Shares of Tesco PLC climbed Friday after a new buyback filing showed more than half of the company’s £750 million share repurchase program had been completed. Investors got a new per-share support after a weak UK sales reading last week. The shares were up 8.0p, or 1.76%, at 463.0p at 12:46 BST. London Stock Exchange regular trading runs until 16:30 BST. FTSE 100 traded lower late this morning, off 0.77% as European tech dragged down markets overall. Tesco went the other way, with shares moving higher.
June 26, 2026
Vodafone (LSE:VOD) drops for sixth day, closes in on 20% slide from past year’s high
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Vodafone (LON:VOD) holds flat after outlook as Germany remains a risk

Vodafone Group Public Limited Company was changing hands at 104.85 pence as of early afternoon Friday, just below the last close at 104.95p. The day’s range ran from 104.55p to 106.30p. Shares remain up 36.65% from a year ago but dropped 4.46% this week. Vodafone’s shares have rallied over the past year but came off this week. The company’s market value is around £24.17 billion. The stock trades near the sell-side median target now instead of well under it.
June 26, 2026
Experian slips 2% as buyback price tops market after shares go ex-dividend
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Experian slips 2% as buyback price tops market after shares go ex-dividend

Experian PLC dropped over 2% on Friday, trailing the London market. The stock ended below Thursday’s buyback price. Experian traded at 2,451p, off 54p, or 2.16%, at 12:02 p.m. London time, according to Davy data. Shares moved between 2,449p and 2,503p so far today. Reuters said the FTSE 100 fell 0.7% by 0907 GMT, with commodity weakness and nerves around AI-linked names weighing on London stocks.
June 26, 2026
Anglo American slips after $5 billion Chile copper deal, ownership details weigh
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Anglo American (LON:AAL) falls, Chile copper agreement seen as longer-term

Shares of Anglo American plc slipped Friday at midday in London. The stock is down more than copper this week, despite the company finishing a Chile mine plan to boost its long-term copper output. The shares traded at 3,667p, off 0.95%. They moved between 3,604p and 3,685p so far today. The FTSE 100 fell 0.7% by 0907 GMT. Miners lagged as gains in the dollar weighed on base and precious metals.
June 26, 2026
Lloyds trades close to 52-week high as buyback pressures premium price
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Lloyds trades close to 52-week high as buyback pressures premium price

Lloyds Banking Group plc shares barely moved in London on Friday. Still, the price stands out. The company is running buybacks at roughly 110p, near a 52-week high. That’s close to double the latest tangible net asset value. The shares traded at 109.95p, slipping 0.09% at 1155 BST. Google Finance data showed a 52-week high of 114.60p and a low of 72.85p. The stock is sitting about 4.1% below that top and stands near 51% above its 52-week low. The FTSE 100 fell 0.75% at 1139 BST.
June 26, 2026
RELX (LON:REL) slips under buyback price as £2.25bn AI discount weighs
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RELX (LON:REL) slips under buyback price as £2.25bn AI discount weighs

RELX PLC underperformed the broader London market Friday, trading at 2,296p to sell and 2,298p to buy late morning. The FTSE 100 slipped 0.74% to 10,451.50. The standout number is the buyback. RELX picked up 2.94 million shares last week through ABN AMRO Bank N.V.. Based on published daily volumes and VWAPs, the week’s average price works out to around 2,422p. By Friday, the price had dropped roughly 5.1% from that mark.
June 26, 2026
Prudential falls as China discount shows up in buyback pricing
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Prudential falls as China discount shows up in buyback pricing

Prudential plc shares fell in early Friday trading in London, putting the stock under the insurer’s average buyback price for the year. Shares slipped 0.44% to 1,007p by 11:02 BST, trading in a range of 994.2p to 1,008.5p. The FTSE 100 lost 0.60% at 10,466.47, according to Reuters market data.
June 26, 2026
British American Tobacco (LON:BATS) up £2.6bn in two days, Velo in ALP focus
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British American Tobacco (LON:BATS) up £2.6bn in two days, Velo in ALP focus

British American Tobacco p.l.c. climbed on Friday, standing out as the London market slipped. The stock kept up a rebound now in its third day, with gains adding up to more paper value than what the tobacco company has set aside for buybacks this year. Shares traded at 4,795 pence on the sell side and 4,797 pence to buy at 10:46 BST, up 99 pence, or 2.1%. The stock hit 4,804 pence earlier. AJ Bell said BAT’s market cap was around £103.6 billion.
June 26, 2026
Barclays drops in London after mixed buyback and Fed test signals
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Barclays drops in London after mixed buyback and Fed test signals

Barclays PLC dropped more than the FTSE 100 on Friday. The bank wrapped up its latest buyback at a price well under where shares now trade, and its U.S. arm passed the Fed’s stress test with a bigger capital cushion than several major banks. The shares slipped 1.48% to 513.60p at 10:43 BST. They opened at 514.10p, trading as low as 510.30p and as high as 520.00p. The stock was about 7.3% under its 52-week peak of 554.10p.
June 26, 2026
Unilever shares climb, McCormick earnings challenge food deal logic
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Unilever shares climb, McCormick earnings challenge food deal logic

London Stock Exchange opened as usual Friday, trading from 0800 to 1630 BST. Unilever PLC gained while the broader market slipped. The move followed new data from McCormick & Company, which aims to take over Hellmann’s, Knorr, and other Unilever food brands. Unilever traded at 4,606p, up 26.5p, as of 09:33 BST, according to Davy. The day’s range sat between 4,586.5p and 4,621p. Meanwhile, FT Markets showed the FTSE 100 at 10,488.11, down 0.40%. Unilever stayed close to a percentage point ahead of the index in early dealing.
June 26, 2026
Glencore (LON:GLEN) falls as coal, copper moves can’t stop selloff
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Glencore (LON:GLEN) falls as coal, copper moves can’t stop selloff

Glencore plc dropped to roughly 508 pence Friday morning. Shares were down 2.55% at 0955 BST, trailing the FTSE 100 as investors moved out of the miner. Commodity prices are holding up better than Glencore’s stock. The London Stock Exchange ran its normal 0800-1630 BST hours. Glencore shares are down 11.4% over the last four weeks, wiping out some of the stock’s 77.5% run over the past year. Shares are trading nearly 28% off the 52-week high at 707.20p. The FTSE 100 name slipped 0.5% Friday.
June 26, 2026
Shell (LON:SHEL) drops after oil slumps, $3 billion buyback paused
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Shell (LON:SHEL) drops after oil slumps, $3 billion buyback paused

Shell Plc slid on Friday morning, trailing the FTSE 100 after oil prices dropped and with Shell’s buyback program paused. The shares traded at 2,889.50p, off 36p, at 09:36 BST, while the FTSE 100 was down 0.55%. Shell traded 23.1% under its 52-week high of 3,758.50p and 13.7% above the 52-week low of 2,541.71p. Shares sit closer to the low end of the past year’s range, with a dividend yield of almost 3.8% and a market cap around 161.38 billion pounds.
June 26, 2026
Rolls-Royce (LON:RR.) dips with Power Systems margin in focus
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Rolls-Royce (LON:RR.) dips with Power Systems margin in focus

Rolls-Royce Holdings plc traded down in the first part of Friday’s London session, slipping in early moves. Shares didn’t fall much, with the real focus on the valuation test ahead for the engine maker. The stock traded at 1,422.80p, off 8.80p, as of 08:46 BST, Fidelity data showed. Investors Chronicle, in numbers delayed to 08:34 BST, showed shares up 52.69% over the past year, a beta at 1.517, with 17 analysts putting targets between 1,101p and 1,740p. Median sits at 1,400p, under the last close of 1,432p.
June 26, 2026
HSBC trades close to highs, private-credit risk limits further upside
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HSBC trades close to highs, private-credit risk limits further upside

HSBC Holdings Plc slipped 1.1% to 1,429.8 pence just after the open in London Friday, trailing the 0.35% drop for the FTSE 100. Trading ran during regular Friday hours, 0800-1630 BST, on the London Stock Exchange. The stock held just 1.8% under its 52-week top at 1,455.8p. That's the market signal. HSBC’s average 12-month target came to 1,450.41p, a 1.44% premium on the last price. Among 17 analysts tracked by Investing.com, there were 7 buys, 10 holds, no sells.
June 26, 2026
BP (LON:BP) drops in London after Abu Dhabi gas deal as oil price slips
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BP (LON:BP) drops in London after Abu Dhabi gas deal as oil price slips

BP PLC shares dropped during early London trade on Friday. Two new upstream-focused deals in Abu Dhabi and India weren’t enough to counter a softer oil price or ease worry among investors about how quickly BP is turning things around. BP shares slipped 1.7% to 472.8 pence at 09:01 BST, putting the oil major’s market cap close to 74 billion pounds. FTSE 100 also edged down around 0.2%. BP is trading 22.4% below its 52-week high of 609.4 pence.
June 26, 2026
Pro Medicus (ASX:PME) up A$669m in market cap after Echo IQ (ASX:EIQ) AI agreement
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Pro Medicus (ASX:PME) up A$669m in market cap after Echo IQ (ASX:EIQ) AI agreement

Pro Medicus Ltd went into the ASX pre-open on Friday after shares surged Thursday, pushing its market move well past the cash exposure in its latest deal with Echo IQ Ltd. Shares added 3.58% to A$185.39 Thursday. The S&P/ASX 200 dropped 0.68%. The A$6.40 move put about A$669 million on the table, with 104.47 million shares out. The biggest possible investment in Echo IQ is A$20 million.
June 25, 2026
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