News 16 June 2026

Etihad Orders 10 Boeing Jets, Raising Talk of Hard-to-Get 787 Slots
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Stock Market Today: Live Updates 11.07.2026

LIVEMarkets rolling coverageStarted: July 11, 2026, 4:00 AM EDTUpdated: July 11, 2026, 4:25 AM EDT SpaceX (NASDAQ: SPCX) Lands in Nasdaq 100, Analyst Price Targets Diverge July 11, 2026, 4:17 AM EDT. SpaceX (NASDAQ: SPCX) entered the Nasdaq 100 on July 7, a move seen bringing in passive index cash. Analyst calls are all over the place. Raymond James is highest at $800, or 430% over where SPCX trades now. Morgan Stanley says $300, about a double. Deutsche Bank and JP Morgan put targets from $200 to $260. The average target is $239-roughly 60% higher. Still, there’s some caution out
July 11, 2026
Haleon slips after Redburn downgrade with eyes on U.S. and July earnings
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Haleon slips after Redburn downgrade with eyes on U.S. and July earnings

Haleon PLC shares dropped Tuesday, slipping to the lower ranks of the FTSE 100 after Rothschild & Co Redburn cut its rating and price target. The stock was at 331.7p/331.9p, down 3.30p or 0.98%, according to Hargreaves Lansdown. The FTSE 100 was up 0.71%. MarketScreener showed Haleon around 332.5p on Cboe Europe, off 0.78%. The fresh downgrade is adding to investor concern over Haleon’s sales growth prospects. Haleon shares fell, though the company is still buying back its own stock. On June 15, Haleon said it repurchased 565,285 ordinary shares for cancellation at a volume-weighted average of 331.9552p, bringing voting ordinary shares down to 8.83 billion after the trade settles. Buybacks like this shrink the share count and may lift
June 16, 2026
IHG Shares Stay Close to 2026 Peak With Buybacks, Hotel Demand in Focus
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IHG Shares Stay Close to 2026 Peak With Buybacks, Hotel Demand in Focus

InterContinental Hotels Group PLC shares traded a touch higher in London Tuesday, staying near recent highs. Investors sized up another share buyback notice, but the stock’s valuation already reflects plenty of optimism. IHG’s investor page showed shares quoted at $168.95 at 14:47 on June 16, up 0.63% from the prior close. The company now lists its shares in dollars on the London Stock Exchange after switching from pounds to U.S. dollars for ordinary-share trading on January 2, 2026. IHG's latest filing put the stock back on traders' radar. The company said it bought 20,000 ordinary shares on June 15, working through Goldman Sachs International. Price came in between $167.05 and $169.80, with an average of $168.3849. The shares will be
June 16, 2026
Animalcare stock holds near Charterhouse’s 336p offer with clock ticking
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Animalcare stock holds near Charterhouse’s 336p offer with clock ticking

Animalcare Group PLC traded flat just under the bid price on Tuesday. Hargreaves Lansdown quoted Animalcare at 330p to sell and 333p to buy. No change. The FTSE AIM 100 slipped 0.24%. Animalcare’s 331.5p midpoint stayed a little under the 336p a share CCP Paw 2 Limited is offering in cash. Trading looked like takeover arbitrage instead of a reaction to earnings. No indication of a different operating angle in the latest filings. Octopus Investments’ Form 8.3 shows it holds 3.91 million Animalcare shares, or 5.66%. Octopus sold some shares on June 15 at about £3.3208 each. Panmure Liberum submitted Form 8.5 with small trades for clients. These filings are regular Takeover Code steps during a bid. Animalcare shares have
June 16, 2026
3i gains in London as buyback and Action NAV gap remain in focus
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3i gains in London as buyback and Action NAV gap remain in focus

London, June 16, 2026, 14:03 BST. 3i Group plc shares gained Tuesday as London’s blue-chips bounced, with investors coming back to the FTSE 100-listed private-equity firm after its sharp drop this spring. According to MarketScreener, 3i was up 1.12% at 2,310.5p by 14:02 BST. The company’s investor site quoted the shares at 2,311p, up 26p or 1.14%. Broader market tone improved too. Reuters reported the FTSE 100 up 0.6% at 10,490.35 by 11:00 GMT, financials and industrials higher and oil prices falling.
June 16, 2026
SSE drags on FTSE 100 after £33bn grid plan and July update
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SSE drags on FTSE 100 after £33bn grid plan and July update

SSE PLC dropped on Tuesday, bucking a stronger London session. The stock was at a 2,358p sell price and 2,359p buy price, off 18p or 0.76%, according to Hargreaves Lansdown. The FTSE 100 was up 0.60% at the time. Reuters said the blue-chip index got a lift from financials and industrials as falling oil and a pickup in risk appetite helped the tape. SSE’s slip stood out since the wider market was firmer—investors appeared to rotate away from utilities into cyclicals. No fresh SSE trading update was posted. On the company’s investor page, the latest filings stayed the same: the June 12 Annual Financial Report and a June 9 Director/PDMR shareholding notice. SSE has set the AGM and Q1 Trading
June 16, 2026
NatWest shares rise as UK banks lift FTSE 100 ahead of BoE rate call
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NatWest shares rise as UK banks lift FTSE 100 ahead of BoE rate call

NatWest Group Plc rose on Tuesday as UK banking shares caught a broader bid, helped by a stronger FTSE 100 and a risk-on tone in London markets. The stock was recently quoted at 624.80p, up 1.63%, giving the bank a market value of about £49.7 billion. The day’s gain was not tied to a fresh earnings release from NatWest. It came as Reuters reported that London’s blue-chip index advanced 0.6%, with financials and industrials among the leading sectors after easing oil prices improved investor appetite for risk. That matters for NatWest because bank stocks are highly sensitive to the interest-rate cycle and investor confidence in the economy. Net interest income — the gap between what a bank earns on loans
June 16, 2026
Rathbones drops 17% as FCA review hurts profit and halts client flows
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Rathbones drops 17% as FCA review hurts profit and halts client flows

Rathbones Group PLC shares slid Tuesday, quoted at 1,614p to sell and 1,620p on the buy side from Barclays, down 334p or 17.11% at 13:45 in London. The stock’s drop was sharp against muted moves in the wider market—FTSE 250 dipped 0.02%, while FTSE 100 gained. Selling picked up after Rathbones said a Skilled Person Review found “areas for improvement” in its UK Wealth Management business, pointing to compliance systems and Consumer Duty issues. Rathbones shares fell after the firm flagged two issues investors track—client inflows and clarity on earnings. The company will stop taking new clients who need Enhanced Due Diligence, a process for higher-risk accounts, for as long as a year. Those clients brought in about £370 million
June 16, 2026
BAT up after share buyback, tobacco volumes still key
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BAT up after share buyback, tobacco volumes still key

LONDON, June 16, 2026, 14:03 BST — Shares of British American Tobacco climbed after the company launched a buyback. Tobacco volumes remain a focus for investors. British American Tobacco p.l.c. moved higher in London Tuesday, lifted by FTSE 100 strength with ongoing buybacks. The stock was last seen at 4,583p, up 0.22%. BAT opened at 4,505p after closing the previous session at 4,573p. Hargreaves Lansdown puts the group’s market cap near £99.03 billion. BAT trades on a P/E ratio of 12.92 and offers a 5.24% dividend yield. P/E measures share price to earnings per share, while dividend yield is the payout as a portion of the share price.
June 16, 2026
Tesco trades soft ahead of Q1 update as buybacks and margins in focus
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Tesco trades soft ahead of Q1 update as buybacks and margins in focus

Tesco PLC shares fell Tuesday, underperforming the wider London market before the retailer’s first-quarter release due this week. By 12:53 BST, Tesco was at 461.0p, down from 463.4p at Monday’s close, according to Investors Chronicle. Shares started the session at 464.4p, trading between 458.6p and 466.3p. That followed a sharper decline Monday, when MarketWatch reported Tesco lost 2.03% to £4.63 as the FTSE 100 slipped 0.39%. Tuesday, the FTSE 100 was up 0.6% late morning, Reuters said, as financials and industrials rose and oil edged lower. Tesco shares underperformed on the session. No new profit warning appeared, and the latest disclosure focused on share buybacks. Tesco said in an RNS announcement posted on Investegate that it bought 1,942,707 ordinary shares
June 16, 2026
Unilever announces €1.5 billion share buyback, ahead of McCormick challenge
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Unilever up with FTSE as buyback, food merger chatter circulate

Unilever PLC shares ticked higher in London Tuesday but lagged behind the FTSE 100’s gains. Hargreaves Lansdown was quoting Unilever at a sell price of 4,366p and a buy at 4,367p, up 10p or 0.23%. Trading Economics put shares at 4,367p, up 0.24% for the session. The FTSE 100 rose 0.6%; Reuters said weaker oil prices helped risk appetite and the index got a push from financials and industrials. Unilever shares inched higher Tuesday, unusual for a consumer-staples stock and names like Dove, Persil, Hellmann’s, and Knorr, which investors tend to view as defensive with steady cash flow and dividends. There was no clear trigger from Unilever itself. The move seemed driven by changing sentiment in the market. Falling oil
June 16, 2026
Landsec flat near 660p as UK REITs watch BoE rate decision, dividend date nears
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Landsec flat near 660p as UK REITs watch BoE rate decision, dividend date nears

London, June 16, 2026, 13:09. • Land Securities Group PLC was last seen at 660p, adding 0.15%. Shares remain less than 3% from the 52-week high on June 15.• June 18 is the date to watch, with LandSec set to go ex-div for a 22.2p final payout and the Bank of England set to announce its June rates decision.• The stock keeps a yield, but traders point to risks from rates, leverage and limited consensus upside clouding the risk-reward.
June 16, 2026
GSK steady at 1,960p as FTSE 100 ticks higher, eyes on Nuvalent deal and July plans
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GSK steady at 1,960p as FTSE 100 ticks higher, eyes on Nuvalent deal and July plans

London, June 16, 2026, 13:08 BST. GSK plc closed flat in London on Tuesday. AJ Bell showed the stock at 1,959.50p to sell and 1,960.00p to buy, a slim gain of 1.50p, or 0.08%. The FTSE 100 outpaced it, climbing around 0.6% to 10,490.35 as banks and industrials moved higher and weaker oil prices lifted sentiment. GSK didn’t move with the index’s rally—it wasn’t market selling, just the shares missing out.
June 16, 2026
LSEG Stock Climbs; Investors Weigh AI Optimism Against Listing Concerns
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LSEG edges higher, AI data story keeps interest up

London Stock Exchange Group plc inched higher on Tuesday, without any fresh developments from the company. Shares added 24p to trade at 9,148p late in the session, according to AJ Bell, after hitting a day high of 9,162p. LSEG’s market value is about £44.5 billion. Hargreaves Lansdown was quoting LSEG at 9,148p to sell and 9,152p to buy. LSEG shares are up as investors rethink how much to pay for financial-data firms in the AI age. Reuters reported last week that LSEG has recovered after AI-driven worries knocked the stock. Now the market is debating whether large language models really hurt LSEG’s pricing power in its data business. UBS has removed LSEG from its list of names considered vulnerable to
June 16, 2026
Vodafone shares muted as market waits for Monday move
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Vodafone Ticks Higher as CEO Calls for Quicker EU Merger OK

London, June 16, 2026, 12:05 BST. Vodafone Group PLC steadied in London on Tuesday after dropping hard earlier in the week. Shares traded around 112.75p to sell and 112.85p to buy at AJ Bell, up 0.23%. Volume hit 15.3 million. Vodafone slumped 2.81% on Monday, lagging the FTSE 100, which slipped 0.39%. Tuesday saw a modest rebound after the heavy loss.
June 16, 2026
Intertek shares climb as EQT’s £60 bid deadline keeps takeover premium in focus
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Intertek shares climb as EQT’s £60 bid deadline keeps takeover premium in focus

Intertek Group plc shares edged higher on Tuesday as investors kept positioning around Swedish buyout firm EQT’s possible £60-a-share cash offer. The stock was at 5,705p, up 40p or 0.71%, at 12:02 BST, leaving it still roughly 5% below the proposed cash bid level. That gap matters. In takeover situations, the gap between the market price and offer price is called the deal spread, and it usually reflects the market’s view of completion risk. The latest driver is simple: the clock is running. Intertek said last week that EQT had asked for more time to complete confirmatory due diligence and internal approvals, while keeping the financial terms unchanged at £60 per share in cash. The UK Takeover Panel extended the
June 16, 2026
Experian Rises After Buyback Plan; July Update Ahead
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Experian Rises After Buyback Plan; July Update Ahead

Experian PLC shares moved higher in London on Tuesday, with the FTSE 100 up as well. The stock traded at 2,580p to sell and 2,581p to buy, up 18p or 0.70%, according to Hargreaves Lansdown. The FTSE 100 rose 0.53%. Experian opened at 2,570p after closing at 2,563p on Monday. Investors kept an eye on the company’s share buyback. Experian bought 464,393 ordinary shares on June 15, with trades handled by J.P. Morgan Securities on the London Stock Exchange. Prices ranged between 2,545p and 2,638p. The average price was 2,578.9779p. Experian plans to cancel these shares. The company said this was part of its ongoing share buyback and not a trading update. Canceling shares reduces the total in the market
June 16, 2026
Weir Group Shares Extend Rebound as Mining-Tech Stock Tries to Recover From 2026 Slide
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Weir Group Shares Extend Rebound as Mining-Tech Stock Tries to Recover From 2026 Slide

London, June 16, 2026, 12:04 BST. Weir Group PLC edged higher again on Tuesday, extending a sharp rebound from the previous session as investors moved back into the FTSE 100 mining-technology stock. Google Finance showed Weir at 2,456p at 12:02 p.m. BST, up 12p on the day, with the shares having traded between 2,446p and 2,488p. The move followed Monday’s 5.16% rise to £24.44, a gain that stood out because the wider FTSE 100 fell 0.39% that day.
June 16, 2026
Rathbones drops after FCA probe leads to £60mn charge, halts new client intake
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Rathbones drops after FCA probe leads to £60mn charge, halts new client intake

Rathbones Group PLC shares plunged Tuesday, dropping 15.98% to 1,640p by 10:47 BST, after the firm said a skilled person review flagged issues in its UK Wealth Management division. The stock slid to a new 52-week low of 1,590p earlier, according to Investors Chronicle citing LSEG data. Fidelity prices at 10:39 BST showed a 1,624p sell and 1,632p buy, with shares off 16.39% for the day. Rathbones shares fell as investors zeroed in on profit outlook and confidence. The company said its Financial Conduct Authority review is finished. The watchdog told Rathbones to boost its work on Consumer Duty, compliance, oversight, and controls. Consumer Duty requires firms to get good outcomes for clients. Rathbones plans to spend two years on
June 16, 2026
Diploma PLC holds near highs with July update in focus
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Diploma PLC holds near highs with July update in focus

London, June 16, 2026, 11:03 BST. Diploma PLC traded higher Tuesday, topping the FTSE 100. Investors kept buying into the distribution group’s growth story. Hargreaves Lansdown’s late price showed shares up 1.50% at 7,080p/7,085p. The FTSE 100 rose 0.57% at the same point. Diploma shares approached recent highs, valuing the group close to £9.5 billion.
June 16, 2026
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