News 23 June 2026

Etihad Orders 10 Boeing Jets, Raising Talk of Hard-to-Get 787 Slots
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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, 2:58 PM EDT Here’s What You’d Need to Put Into BHP for $1,000 in Passive Income by FY27 July 10, 2026, 2:58 PM EDT. If you want $1,000 a year in passive income from BHP Group Ltd in FY27, you’d be looking at about 486 shares. That’s based on an estimated dividend of A$2.06 per share and BHP trading near A$56.44 today. That means you’d need to invest about A$27,415 for the target yield, or around 5.2% with franking credits. BHP’s payout is backed by a low PE
July 10, 2026
IQE Sinks 15% After AI Rally Falters for Chip Stocks
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IQE Sinks 15% After AI Rally Falters for Chip Stocks

IQE shares dropped around 15% to 48.2 pence on Tuesday afternoon, with almost 40 million shares traded. The AIM 100 index slipped about 2%. IQE's market cap was about £636 million. Share prices lagged by at least 15 minutes. There was no new trading statement from the Cardiff-based semiconductor materials supplier. Shares fell while tech and other risk-heavy stocks pulled back, as investors lifted their outlook for U.S. and UK rates.
June 23, 2026
BAE Systems (LSE: BA.) Shares Slip Even as £500m Buyback Announced
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BAE Systems Shares Gain After £500 Million Buyback and Record Arctic Radar Deal

BAE Systems shares rose about 0.4% to 1,818 pence on Tuesday, going against a drop in the wider London market after news on its part in a record radar deal from Australia to Canada and a fresh £500 million share buyback. The FTSE 100 was down 0.7% in the morning session. BAE's bounce clawed back just a portion of Monday’s 1.9% drop to £18.11. The stock is still trading about 23% under the £23.60 52-week high from March 18, with investors weighing if new orders and capital returns will jumpstart the defence contractor’s run.
June 23, 2026
IHG Steady Near High After Madrid, India Growth Moves
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IHG Steady Near High After Madrid, India Growth Moves

c shares slipped 0.1% to $169.45 as of 13:46 BST on Tuesday, still trading about 1.6% under their 52-week high of $172.20. The FTSE 100 was down 0.7% in morning trade, with interest-rate worries weighing. IHG’s London shares have been priced in U.S. dollars since January 2. IHG held steady after fresh news. The company signed two long-term hotel deals, adding to its development pipeline. IHG also bought more shares back, which affects per-share numbers right away.
June 23, 2026
Bunzl (LON:BNZL) jumps 3% as North America drives 2026 guidance
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Bunzl (LON:BNZL) jumps 3% as North America drives 2026 guidance

Bunzl shares gained 3% after the group raised its 2026 outlook, pointing to better trading in North America. London, June 23, 2026, 13:09 Bunzl shares jumped 3.25% to 2,544 pence Tuesday. The business-supplies distributor lifted its 2026 revenue forecast. Bunzl outperformed the FTSE 100, which slipped around 0.5%.
June 23, 2026
Halma shares close flat at 3,954p as photonics focus weighs on premium
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Halma Shares Down 2% as Investors Question AI-led Photonics Demand

Halma is trading 1.9% lower at 3,896 pence as of 13:07 BST in delayed London action. The stock is lagging the main market, with the FTSE 100 off 0.7% earlier. Diploma slipped 1.9%, Smiths Group is 1.3% lower. Halma is still looking to recover after shares plunged 15.4% in one session on June 11. The drop came even with record annual results, as investors worried about slower organic growth heading into fiscal 2027. Halma flagged that photonics, its light-driven tech division for data-centre customers, would add less than before.
June 23, 2026
IAG Share Price Pulls Back From 52-Week High as Oil Drops
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IAG Share Price Pulls Back From 52-Week High as Oil Drops

International Consolidated Airlines Group dropped 0.6% to 463.1 pence in late London trade Tuesday. The British Airways parent gave back some ground after jumping 2.4% on Monday, when the shares hit a new 52-week high. IAG shares climbed earlier after Deutsche Bank analyst Jaime Rowbotham raised his price target to 540 pence from 460 pence and kept a “buy” rating. Rowbotham said IAG’s old fuel forecasts were made “at the height of the Middle East conflict” and now sees a 2026 fuel bill of €8.56 billion, less than the management estimate of about €9 billion. Deutsche also upped its targets for Air France-KLM and Lufthansa, but stayed at “hold” on both stocks.
June 23, 2026
Antofagasta Drops 6.4% in London Trading as Copper Selloff Weighs on Miners
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Antofagasta Drops 6.4% in London Trading as Copper Selloff Weighs on Miners

Antofagasta dropped 6.4% to 3,704 pence at 12:57 BST in London, falling more than the 5% slide in industrial-metal miners. The FTSE 100 index was down 0.7% earlier. Fresnillo, traded in London, lost 5.6% as gold, silver and copper prices moved lower. Shares in Antofagasta are sensitive to copper swings, since the miner sticks to copper and by-products. The London Stock Exchange listed nothing new for earnings or output on Tuesday, with the latest posted update still the May 7 AGM material. That suggests the drop is coming from a wider sector move, not company news.
June 23, 2026
Experian (LON:EXPN) holds up after new £12m buyback filing
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Experian (LON:EXPN) holds up after new £12m buyback filing

Experian added 0.6% to 2,513 pence by 12:31 BST on Tuesday, moving against a 0.5% drop in the FTSE 100. Investors watched for the latest buyback from the credit-data group. Shares started at 2,484 pence and went up to 2,519 pence. Experian shares finished up after a rough Monday. The stock shed 1.73% to close at 2,498 pence even as the FTSE 100 rose 0.72%. Shares are trading about 39% under the 52-week high of 4,101 pence.
June 23, 2026
GSK Stock Slips as Tivicay Priority Review Sets Up Busy FDA Calendar (LSE:GSK)
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GSK Rises While FTSE Slips as Traders Turn to Pharma

GSK was up 0.6% at 1,936.5 pence as of 12:01 BST Tuesday. Shares moved in a range of 1,911 to 1,944.5 pence. The stock was among the few gainers in a sluggish London market. FTSE 100 drops to lowest since June 12, defensive stocks gain The FTSE 100 was down 0.7% and hit its lowest mark since June 12 earlier as traders pulled back on risk with more rate hikes seen likely. Healthcare and pharma shares picked up more than 1%. The move looked like a defensive play, not something specific to GSK.
June 23, 2026
New Nationwide 2038 Bond Starts Trading; NBS Steady at £129 After Payout
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New Nationwide 2038 Bond Starts Trading; NBS Steady at £129 After Payout

Nationwide Building Society’s specialist listed capital shares stayed at £129 in late morning on Tuesday after a cash payout. The lender also admitted NOK 1 billion of 4.935% senior preferred notes due June 2038 to the London Stock Exchange’s main market. These notes came through Nationwide’s $35 billion European Note Programme. The difference is key. Ordinary Nationwide equity isn’t available to buy—members own the building society, not shareholders. That means the NBS quote doesn’t give a typical valuation for the business as a whole.
June 23, 2026
Compass Group slips 1.3% with investors eyeing July update
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Compass Group Shares Fall as 2026 Profit Upgrade Faces Rate-Hike Pressure

Compass Group slipped 0.4% to $32.38 in midday trading in London on Tuesday. Shares rebounded from a session low of $31.86 and touched $32.43 at their highest. FTSE 100 falls 0.7% as services downturn seen — The FTSE 100 slipped 0.7%, touching its lowest level since June 12. Investors moved out of UK stocks as they bet on higher rates in Britain and the US. Data out today showed UK services shrinking at the fastest pace since January 2023.
June 23, 2026
LSEG shares gain as FTSE slips, with July data fight ahead
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LSEG shares gain as FTSE slips, with July data fight ahead

London Stock Exchange Group rose 1.0% to 8,360 pence by 12:03 p.m., based on a quote lagged 20 minutes. Shares moved in a range from 8,182p to 8,386p after falling Monday. LSEG bounced back after dropping 2.15% to 8,278p on Monday, lagging the FTSE 100, which gained 0.72%. Shares ended Monday nearly 25% off their 52-week peak at 10,990p.
June 23, 2026
SSE Shares Edge Higher with Grid Debt Linked to Indexation (LSE:SSE)
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Why SSE Shares Are Falling as Rate-Hike Fears Test Its £33 Billion Grid Bet

SSE shares fell about 1.1% to 2,320 pence in late-morning London trading on Tuesday, underperforming a roughly 0.4% decline in the FTSE 100 as expectations for higher interest rates weighed on capital-heavy companies. The stock opened at 2,350 pence and briefly reached 2,360 pence before retreating. The pressure comes as SSE enters the most expensive phase of its £33 billion investment programme. Capital expenditure—spending on networks, wind farms and other long-lived assets—is expected to exceed £5 billion in the financial year ending March 2027.
June 23, 2026
Beazley stock sticks close to Zurich offer as Australian regulator clears deal
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Beazley Stock Holds Near Zurich Bid as Buyer Raises Stake to 5.6%

Beazley shares were unchanged at 1,284.5 pence in Tuesday morning trading after Zurich Insurance Group disclosed it bought another 346,122 shares in the specialist insurer on Monday. Zurich paid between 1,284p and 1,285p, spending about £4.45 million and lifting its holding to 33.72 million shares, or 5.60%, from 5.54%. The tight move suggests the takeover timetable, rather than day-to-day underwriting news, is setting the price. Beazley sits 25.5p below the 1,310p cash payment still due under Zurich’s £8.1 billion offer, a gross deal spread of roughly 2%.
June 23, 2026
British American Tobacco (LSE: BATS) Rebounds — Why Friday’s 12.7m-Share Sell-Off May Overstate the Damage
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BAT (LSE:BATS) Holds Up as FTSE Weakens, U.S. Vape Scrutiny Grows

British American Tobacco climbed 1.6% to 4,519 pence at 1054 BST Tuesday, adding to a 2.5% gain seen Monday. Imperial Brands was up 0.7%, but BAT outperformed among London’s leading tobacco names in the morning. FTSE 100 dropped 0.7% by 0919 GMT as worries over higher interest rates pressured stocks in a risk-off morning. While most sectors fell, consumer staples were up over 1%. These defensive names can attract buyers when growth fears pick up, since their sales usually stay steady.
June 23, 2026
RELX wraps week down 4.6%, Friday bounce in AI stocks offers little relief
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RELX (LON:REL) holds up against FTSE drop as £2.25bn buyback remains in play

RELX moved up 1.9% to around 2,373 pence on Tuesday. The stock climbed while the FTSE 100 slipped about 0.4%. Price data was at least 15 minutes late. RELX’s latest filing shows it picked up 2,936,304 shares from June 15 to June 19. It paid daily average prices between 2,372 pence and 2,485 pence. Since January 2, the company has now acquired 66.18 million shares.
June 23, 2026
Shell Plc (LSE: SHEL) Reclaims 3,000p—Why the Stock Is Defying Sub-$80 Brent
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Shell (LON:SHEL) Down as Oil Drops, Focus Turns to Strait of Hormuz

Shell Plc shares slipped 0.25% to 3,001 pence as of 11:05 BST on Tuesday, putting its market value near £166.5 billion. The stock started the day at 3,006 pence after finishing at 3,008.5 pence on Monday. Brent crude dropped 0.6% to $77.47 a barrel by 1001 GMT, building on Monday’s more than 3% loss. Tanker movement is starting to pick up through the Strait of Hormuz after early U.S.-Iran talks. Ole Hvalbye at SEB Research said the deal was “new and fragile.” Tamas Varga at PVM Oil Associates said mines, damage to ports and congestion are still slowing a full reopening.
June 23, 2026
Standard Chartered Moves Higher After Announcing Bahrain Retail Exit Plan
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Standard Chartered Moves Higher After Announcing Bahrain Retail Exit Plan

Standard Chartered climbed 0.7% to 2,086 pence on Tuesday, getting close to its 52-week high of 2,099 pence. The bank said it is looking at selling its wealth and retail banking arm in Bahrain. Shares hit 2,092 pence earlier in the session. Standard Chartered said its corporate and investment banking business in Bahrain would stay outside the possible disposal. The bank expects a transition to last 18 to 24 months if it passes regulatory review. It said business would run as usual through the process.
June 23, 2026
Lloyds Banking Group (LSE: LLOY) stays close to 105p after Starmer resigns
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Lloyds Shares Drop with Aldermore Bid Uncertainty Over £750 Million

Lloyds Banking Group was off 0.6% at 108.55 pence late Tuesday morning, giving up some of Monday’s jump as London stocks slipped. NatWest lost 0.9%. Barclays dipped 0.1%. The FTSE 100 was showing a decline of around 0.9%. Lloyds shares eased after news it’s looking at a possible bid for Aldermore, the UK small-business lender up for sale by South Africa’s FirstRand. Sources told Reuters Aldermore’s appeal is its small-business and project finance lending, but said Lloyds might not move forward with a formal offer.
June 23, 2026
Unilever Stock Bucks FTSE Selloff as World Cup Bet Meets a Cost Test
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Unilever Stock Bucks FTSE Selloff as World Cup Bet Meets a Cost Test

Unilever shares edged higher on Tuesday, resisting a broad London selloff as investors sought relative shelter in consumer staples and assessed the group’s World Cup marketing drive. The stock was quoted at 4,402 pence, up 0.2%, on data stamped 10:01 BST and delayed by 20 minutes. The FTSE 100 was down 0.8% at 10,357.27 at 09:47 BST, leaving Unilever ahead of the benchmark by roughly one percentage point. Consumer staples are often treated as defensive shares because demand for soap, deodorant and other everyday goods tends to hold up better when investors turn cautious.
June 23, 2026
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