News 13 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, 7:56 AM EDT SpaceX stock slumps 13% in a week as investors eye tech costs, bond plan July 11, 2026, 7:56 AM EDT. SpaceX shares slid almost 13% this week, changing hands near $145 after hitting $211 just after the IPO. The company’s market cap shrank from around $3 trillion to under $2 trillion. Investors are on edge about heavy AI spending and the expensive Starship program, plus a $25 billion bond deal that shook sentiment. Upcoming IPO lockup expirations could mean more selling. Rate hike worries and
July 11, 2026
DCC Share Price Holds Below KKR Bid as July 8 Takeover Deadline Comes Into Focus
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DCC Share Price Holds Below KKR Bid as July 8 Takeover Deadline Comes Into Focus

London, June 13, 2026, 19:05. DCC Plc’s share price is now trading less like a normal energy-distribution stock and more like a takeover spread. The Dublin-based, London-listed group was last shown at 6,135p on delayed market data, only slightly higher on the day, as investors weighed the gap between the market price and the revised private-equity proposal now under discussion. DCC’s shares are also marked ex-dividend, with the final dividend payment date listed as July 23, an important detail because the headline takeover package includes that dividend.
June 13, 2026
Beazley Shares Stay Under Zurich Offer With Investors Eyeing Court Ruling
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Beazley Shares Stay Under Zurich Offer With Investors Eyeing Court Ruling

London, June 13, 2026, 19:04. Beazley PLC shares closed the week flat, holding just under the remaining cash value in Zurich Insurance Group’s agreed deal. AJ Bell put Beazley at 1,283.00p to sell and 1,283.50p to buy, no change for the day. About 5.8 million shares changed hands. Market cap stood at £7.58 billion. On the same table, the FTSE 100 finished up 1.63% on 12 June.
June 13, 2026
Reckitt Benckiser Stock Moves Up After Buyback, Dividend News, July Update
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Reckitt Benckiser Stock Moves Up After Buyback, Dividend News, July Update

Reckitt Benckiser Group plc shares climbed Friday, closing at 4,638p, up 58p or 1.27%. The FTSE 100 consumer-goods stock still trades far from its 52-week high of 6,522.92p. It’s above its 52-week low of 3,664p, but the recent gain hasn’t fixed the longer-term drop in sentiment. Reckitt’s latest update focused on buybacks, not operations. The company said in a June 12 notice that it bought back 194,500 ordinary shares on June 11 from Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch. These shares will go into treasury. Such “own shares” deals can help EPS if profits hold and the share count drops. Following the buyback, Reckitt holds 38,688,655 treasury shares, leaving 635,317,097 shares outstanding, excluding treasury.
June 13, 2026
SSE Share Price: Annual Report Puts £33bn Grid Growth Plan and July Update in Focus
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SSE Share Price: Annual Report Puts £33bn Grid Growth Plan and July Update in Focus

SSE plc shares ended the week with investors weighing a fresh annual report against the utility’s large capital-spending programme. Barclays’ research centre showed SSE’s bid-offer at 2,398p/2,400p and a 4p, or 0.17%, gain at 15:45 on Friday, while the same page showed the FTSE 100 up 1.63%, suggesting SSE lagged a broader rally in UK blue chips. The immediate news was administrative rather than a new profit warning or upgrade: SSE said on June 12 that it had published its Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended March 31, 2026, its Notice of Annual General Meeting and its Sustainability Report. That still matters for the share price because the report puts investors back on the key question for SSE:
June 13, 2026
ANZ Shares Bounce as Wealth Plan Shines Light on Major Bank Growth
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ANZ Shares Bounce as Wealth Plan Shines Light on Major Bank Growth

ANZ Group Holdings is drawing attention again as reports look at chief executive Nuno Matos’s latest efforts to revive growth outside core lending, with private wealth and bigger customer accounts getting more focus at the country’s No.4 listed bank. This comes after a volatile week for the banks. ANZ dropped on June 11, but then closed up 1.01% at A$34.17 on June 12, Twelve Data said. ANZ shares are getting tugged by two sides. One is cost cuts, Suncorp Bank synergies and a near-4.9% dividend yield, which Kalkine says draw in investors, especially after the stock’s pullback on June 11. But big-bank prices still face mortgage competition, credit cycle risks, and squeezed net interest margins—the gap between lending rates and
June 13, 2026
Halma Drops After FY27 Growth Comes Up Short for AI Bulls
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Halma Drops After FY27 Growth Comes Up Short for AI Bulls

London, June 13, 2026, 18:03 BST. Halma plc shares stayed under pressure this week, with the stock finishing Friday at 3,898p, off 30p or 0.76%. Around 2.67 million shares changed hands, LSEG data in Investors Chronicle showed. Investors shrugged off record annual results, choosing instead to watch for signs of slowing growth in the next year. Thursday saw a steeper hit—the FTSE 100 life-safety tech company dropped 15.38% to £39.28 on trading that spiked well past its 50-day average, MarketWatch reported.
June 13, 2026
FTSE Eyes Inflation Print and Bank of England This Week

FTSE Eyes Inflation Print and Bank of England This Week

London, June 13, 2026, 18:02. FTSE 100 hits fresh closing high as risk events loom The FTSE 100 closed Friday at its best level since May 27, up 1.6% on the day. The FTSE 250 also moved higher. Both indexes booked weekly gains of more than 1%, with Reuters citing optimism over a possible U.S.-Iran peace deal that could take pressure off energy markets.
June 13, 2026
GSK shares gain after rare-disease win, oncology bet at $10.6 billion
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GSK shares gain after rare-disease win, oncology bet at $10.6 billion

GSK plc closed up in London trade, with shares gaining 21.5p, or 1.10%, to a 1,980p sell price and 1,981p buy price by the Hargreaves Lansdown market close snapshot. The FTSE 100 finished up 1.63%. Investors looked past a new rare-disease regulatory update to focus on the bigger question: whether CEO Luke Miels can deliver durable earnings growth from an expanded oncology pipeline. GSK said June 12 that its drug momelotinib, already marketed as Ojjaara or Omjjara for myelofibrosis, was granted orphan drug status by both the US Food and Drug Administration and the European Medicines Agency for VEXAS syndrome. Orphan drug designation is a regulatory status aimed at drugs for rare diseases. The EMA says EU orphan designation gives
June 13, 2026
RELX Stock Bounces Back From Selloff, Eyes on AI and Buybacks
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RELX Stock Bounces Back From Selloff, Eyes on AI and Buybacks

RELX PLC shares finished the week with a small bounce, up 30p, or 1.22%, to 2,492p on Friday. The FTSE 100 closed higher by 1.63% at 10,471.72. That rise for RELX came after two sessions of lagging the market, including a 3.38% drop on Thursday to £24.62, according to recent market data. Some buyers stepped back in after the stock was hit by a sharp de-rating, but RELX did not keep pace with the FTSE 100 on this risk-on day for London stocks. The stock remains well under its 4,030p year high. AJ Bell shows RELX with a market cap of about £43.84 billion, a dividend yield at 2.71%, and a P/E ratio of 22.25. The P/E ratio measures share
June 13, 2026
ASX 200 Rally on Watch as RBA Decision Nears
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ASX 200 Rally on Watch as RBA Decision Nears

ASX 200 rides momentum into the week, but the bar is high after a 1.98% jump Friday that pushed the benchmark up 170.80 points to 8,804.00. The index now sits about 4.3% under the February 2026 peak of 9,202.90. Traders have shifted focus from geopolitical news to the interest-rate outlook now. Stocks rallied across the board Friday, pushing prices higher. Materials snapped back, with Market Index putting the sector up 3.7% for the day. Consumer staples, consumer discretionary, healthcare, and real estate all put up solid weekly gains too. That’s notable because investors weren’t just trading miners on commodities moves—they also shifted into rate-exposed groups that tend to get a lift when yields drop. Australia’s 10-year bond yield fell by
June 13, 2026
Prudential plc Stock Moves Lower With Hong Kong In Focus After China Curbs
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Prudential Stock Rebounds as Buyback Support Meets Fresh Hong Kong Risk

Prudential plc shares ended the week with a sharp rebound, as investors bought back into the Asia-focused insurer after a volatile stretch driven by China and Hong Kong policy worries. MarketWatch data showed Prudential’s London-listed stock rose 3.33% on Friday to £9.81, while the FTSE 100 climbed 1.63%; Hargreaves Lansdown showed the stock around 980p after the close, with a market value of about £24.53 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 11.94 and a dividend yield of 2.01%. The move matters because Prudential is not just a UK insurance name; it is a market proxy for Asian life-insurance demand, Hong Kong wealth flows and investor appetite for China-linked financials. Reuters reported on June 11 that Beijing’s clampdown on cross-border investments could
June 13, 2026
NatWest up 4.5% on buyback update, UK banks stronger
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NatWest up 4.5% on buyback update, UK banks stronger

London, June 13, 2026, 17:02. NatWest Group Plc finished Friday up 26.60p, or 4.53%, at 614.20p, as shares rallied into the weekend. The gain put the bank ahead of the FTSE 100, which added 167.84 points, or 1.63%, to end at 10,471.72. NatWest traded in a range from 599.20p to 615.00p. It was among the UK bank shares seeing increased interest.
June 13, 2026
National Grid Share Price Lags FTSE 100 as Investors Weigh £70bn Grid Plan and Debt Risk
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National Grid Share Price Lags FTSE 100 as Investors Weigh £70bn Grid Plan and Debt Risk

London, June 13, 2026, 17:03. National Grid plc shares ended the latest London session almost unchanged, closing at 1,209.00p after a 1.00p gain, or 0.08%, on Friday. That was a clear lag against the wider FTSE 100, which rose 1.63%, suggesting investors were not chasing the utility stock even as the broader UK market rallied. AJ Bell data showed volume of about 9.75 million shares, a market capitalisation near £60.16 billion, and a 52-week range of 1,000.00p to 1,428.50p.
June 13, 2026
BAE Systems Stock Falls as Defence Rally Cools: What Investors Should Watch Next
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BAE Systems Stock Falls as Defence Rally Cools: What Investors Should Watch Next

BAE Systems plc shares closed lower on Friday even as the wider London market rallied, putting renewed focus on whether one of the FTSE 100’s strongest defence names still offers enough upside after a long re-rating. The company’s investor page showed the stock at 1,911p, while Hargreaves Lansdown quoted a 31.5p, or 1.62%, fall, with the market closed and prices delayed by at least 15 minutes. That stood in sharp contrast with the FTSE 100’s 1.63% gain on the same session. The broader UK market was helped by optimism over a possible Iran-U.S. peace agreement, which pushed crude prices lower and supported a broad-based rally; Reuters reported that the FTSE 100 closed 1.6% higher at 10,471.7 points, its highest close
June 13, 2026
IAG Shares Climb as Oil Drops, but Fuel Risk Remains for British Airways Parent
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IAG Shares Climb as Oil Drops, but Fuel Risk Remains for British Airways Parent

London, June 13, 2026, 21:03. International Consolidated Airlines Group SA, which owns British Airways, Iberia, Aer Lingus and Vueling, finished Friday near the top of UK airline-related stocks. Shares in IAG in London hit 434.30p to sell and 434.50p to buy, gaining 28.80p, or 7.07%. About 38.75 million shares traded hands, based on AJ Bell numbers. The FTSE 100 rose 1.63% that day.
June 13, 2026
Standard Chartered up 4% with British banks higher
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Standard Chartered up 4% with British banks higher

London, June 13, 2026, 16:13. Standard Chartered PLC shares jumped in London on Friday, leading gains on the FTSE 100 as UK banks caught a bid. Hargreaves Lansdown data put Standard Chartered up 76p, or 4.10%, at the close. The FTSE 100 closed higher by 1.63%. Reuters reported a broader rally in London, citing optimism about a possible U.S.-Iran peace deal. The blue-chip index ended at its best level since May 27. The FTSE 350 banking sub-index added 4.2%.
June 13, 2026
Lloyds shares gain 4% as investors weigh buyback, rates, and motor finance risk
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Lloyds shares gain 4% as investors weigh buyback, rates, and motor finance risk

Lloyds Banking Group jumped on Friday, finishing the week strong as UK banks lifted London stocks. AJ Bell had Lloyds at 102.15p to sell and 102.25p to buy after a 4.19p gain, up 4.27% on the day. MarketWatch showed the stock near £1.02, beating the FTSE 100’s 1.63% rise to 10,471.72. Lloyds is closely tied to UK household lending, deposits and mortgage demand, so shifts in rate outlook and investor confidence can move its price fast. Lloyds disclosed a company-specific filing tied to capital returns, not another earnings figure. The bank reported buying back 4,132,460 ordinary shares from Goldman Sachs International on June 12 at a volume-weighted average price of 101.4903p, with plans to cancel them. Buybacks cut the amount
June 13, 2026
Anglo American Stock Jumps as Copper Rally and Teck Merger Hopes Put AAL Back Near Highs
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Anglo American Stock Jumps as Copper Rally and Teck Merger Hopes Put AAL Back Near Highs

London, June 13, 2026, 16:11. Anglo American plc shares surged in London on Friday, extending a sharp rebound as miners benefited from stronger risk appetite and firmer copper prices. AAL closed at 4,002p, up 198p, while the broader FTSE 100 rose 1.63% to 10,471.72; Hargreaves Lansdown data also showed the stock’s market value at about £42.88 billion and a price/earnings ratio, or P/E ratio, of 63.78. P/E compares a company’s share price with its earnings per share, and a high figure can signal either strong growth expectations or a stretched valuation.
June 13, 2026
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