News 12 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, 9:56 AM EDT Diageo (LSE: DGE) up 13% in three months, brokers say Buy as turnaround in play July 11, 2026, 9:47 AM EDT. Diageo shares jumped 13% in the last three months, climbing from 1,387p to above 1,564p. That means £5,000 in early April would now be about £5,650, not counting dividends. The stock has bounced after a long slide. Berkshire Hathaway recently took a loss on its sale, but brokers including Berenberg, Deutsche Bank, and RBC Capital are sticking with Buy calls and price targets from
July 11, 2026
Legal & General Rises With FTSE 100 on Dividend Yield, Buyback, August Results in Focus
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Legal & General Rises With FTSE 100 on Dividend Yield, Buyback, August Results in Focus

Legal & General Group Plc edged up on Friday, trading higher as London stocks rallied. AJ Bell quoted the stock at 278.4p to sell, 278.5p to buy, up 0.72%. Hargreaves Lansdown put it up 0.76% at 278.3p/278.5p. Legal & General’s own site listed shares at 279.0p at 09:53 on June 12. FTSE 100 up 1.1% as peace hopes lift UK shares The FTSE 100 climbed 1.1% to 10,414.02 by 10:59 GMT, Reuters said, as optimism over a possible Middle East peace deal boosted most UK stocks. But the wider economic picture wasn’t strong: Reuters noted UK GDP shrank 0.1% in April. Danni Hewson at AJ Bell said the numbers suggest a “summer of sluggishness” with both global conflict and uncertainty
June 12, 2026
ICG Shares Rebound as Ex-Dividend Date and Exail Debt Dispute Put Stock in Focus
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ICG Shares Rebound as Ex-Dividend Date and Exail Debt Dispute Put Stock in Focus

ICG plc shares rebounded on Friday, helped by a stronger London market and a stock-specific focus on a fresh credit dispute involving French technology group Exail. Hargreaves Lansdown’s delayed quote showed ICG at a 1,749p sell price and 1,750p buy price, up 34p, or 1.98%, while the FTSE 100 was up 0.88%; ICG’s own investor page showed the stock at 1,754p, up 2.21%, at 13:29 BST. The move followed a 4.67% fall to 1,716p on Thursday, according to ICG’s share-price tool, a session that coincided with the stock going ex-dividend. Ex-dividend means new buyers no longer qualify for the upcoming dividend, so shares often adjust around that date; AJ Bell lists ICG’s latest dividend amount at 59.30p, with an ex-dividend
June 12, 2026
DCC Plc Trades Steady at 6,130p After KKR Bids £5.7 Billion, July in Focus
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DCC Plc Trades Steady at 6,130p After KKR Bids £5.7 Billion, July in Focus

DCC Plc traded at 6,130p by early Friday afternoon, holding steady after the FTSE 100 name signaled more progress toward a deal with a KKR- and Energy Capital Partners-led group. Shares moved between 6,115p and 6,170p in the session, according to Davy market data. DCC on June 10 set out a new offer for shareholders, saying they would get 6,672.22p a share, with 6,525p in cash and a final dividend of 147.22p per share for the year ended March 31, 2026. The company said this revised offer was about 33% over the three-month volume-weighted average share price of 5,005p before talks started, and stands 15% higher than DCC’s earlier proposal of 5,800p per share that was turned down in April.
June 12, 2026
Babcock Shares Tick Up Ahead of FY26 Results as Market Eyes Type 31 Risk
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Babcock Shares Tick Up Ahead of FY26 Results as Market Eyes Type 31 Risk

Babcock International Group PLC shares ticked up Friday as the market waited for the defence contractor’s full-year numbers. A late AJ Bell quote put the stock at a 1,032.50p sell and 1,033.50p buy, up 5.00p, or 0.49%. Market cap stands at about £5.05 billion. The P/E is 18.42. The price-to-earnings ratio compares share price with earnings per share and serves as a quick valuation check. Babcock's small move comes with the stock caught between the defence and nuclear story and ongoing worries about contract execution. In a post-close trading update, the company said it expects FY26 revenue at £5.27 billion before a roughly £100 million revenue reversal tied to the Type 31 programme. Underlying operating profit was £433 million excluding
June 12, 2026
GSK up as rare-disease tag shines spotlight on $10.6bn oncology deal
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GSK up as rare-disease tag shines spotlight on $10.6bn oncology deal

GSK plc shares traded up in London on Friday after another pipeline update from the UK drugmaker. At 12:24 London time, Sharecast quoted the stock 1.32% higher, or up 26p, while Hargreaves Lansdown’s delayed retail quotes pegged GSK at about 1,988p/1,989p. The move extends a rally that began after Thursday’s 2.13% gain, which beat a smaller FTSE 100 rise. GSK said momelotinib, marketed as Ojjaara/Omjjara for myelofibrosis, just got Orphan Drug Designation from the US FDA and the European Medicines Agency for VEXAS syndrome—a rare, life-threatening inflammatory and blood disorder with no drugs cleared for use. Orphan Drug Designation gives some incentives for making rare disease drugs, but it is not a green light to start selling for that use.
June 12, 2026
Wizz Air Stock Gains After Profit Tops Forecasts and Oil Pulls Back
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Wizz Air Stock Gains After Profit Tops Forecasts and Oil Pulls Back

London, June 12, 2026, 13:05. Wizz Air Holdings Plc shares jumped as much as 7% in London on Friday, tracking a broad rally in airline and travel stocks after oil prices slid. Brent crude dropped more than 4% as hopes for movement on a U.S.-Iran deal hit the market, Reuters said. The travel and leisure sector in Europe touched its highest in five months, with Wizz Air among the top movers, up 7.1%. Data from Investing.com put Wizz Air at 1,099p, above its last close of 1,025p. The stock remains inside a 52-week band of 832p to 1,453p.
June 12, 2026
Weir Group Shares Recover After China Copper Deal Raises Questions on Future Orders
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Weir Group Shares Recover After China Copper Deal Raises Questions on Future Orders

Weir Group PLC shares rose on Friday after the mining-technology firm announced a new contract, putting copper demand back in focus. The stock is still trading below its February highs. According to Fidelity, Weir was quoted at 2,314p to sell and 2,316p to buy, up 1.58%. The FTSE All-Share also gained. Weir is trying to show investors the recent dip in some original-equipment orders was just about timing, not softer mining demand. Original equipment, or OE, means new machinery and systems for customers; aftermarket, or AM, is for parts and services after the sale. In its first-quarter update, Weir reported 4% group order growth at constant currency. Minerals OE orders dropped 3% because of phasing issues, but ESCO OE orders
June 12, 2026
National Grid Drops After UK Grid Overhaul Weighs on £70bn Spending Plan
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National Grid Drops After UK Grid Overhaul Weighs on £70bn Spending Plan

National Grid plc slipped on Friday, down 5p at 1,203p by 12:46 BST, off 0.41%. The FTSE 100 gained 1.12%. That put the utility under the London benchmark, with market cap at about £59.9 billion. Investors pushed the stock higher after signs Britain’s grid-upgrade cycle is picking up speed. The National Energy System Operator and power networks said on June 10 that they’ve given grid connection offers to over 700 shovel-ready projects, representing 37GW of capacity and supporting up to £40 billion a year in clean-energy spending. NESO Chief Operating Officer Kayte O’Neill said these offers give developers “the certainty they need to invest.” But she also noted the milestone shows just how much the network owners still have to
June 12, 2026
Rio Tinto Shares Rise as Iron Ore Resilience and China Baowu Trial Put RIO Stock in Focus
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Rio Tinto Shares Rise as Iron Ore Resilience and China Baowu Trial Put RIO Stock in Focus

Rio Tinto plc shares rose in London on Friday, with Barclays’ delayed market data showing the stock at a 7,732p sell price and 7,734p buy price at 11:46 BST, up 137p, or 1.80%. The move outpaced the FTSE 100’s 1.12% gain and came as the UK mining sector advanced 3.69%, suggesting the rally was not only company-specific but also part of a wider rotation into miners. The latest company news was supportive for sentiment, though not a near-term earnings event. Rio Tinto and China Baowu said they completed industrial-scale pelletisation and hydrogen-based direct reduction trials in China using Rio’s Pilbara Blend iron ore. Direct reduced iron, or DRI, is iron made by removing oxygen from ore before steelmaking, and it
June 12, 2026
BAT Lags FTSE 100 After Guidance Cut, Vape Hopes in Focus
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BAT Lags FTSE 100 After Guidance Cut, Vape Hopes in Focus

British American Tobacco p.l.c. fell in London on Friday, with Hargreaves Lansdown showing a sell price of 4,565p and a buy price of 4,567p, off 18p, or 0.39%. The FTSE 100 gained 1.14%. BAT had only just picked up some ground this week, including a 2.03% jump to £45.66 on Wednesday. Investors remain split on whether the stock’s income case stacks up against slowing cigarette volumes and steady full-year guidance. BAT’s pre-close update on June 2 has kept the share in play. The company now sees “New Category” revenue—which covers vapour, heated tobacco, and oral nicotine—growing at a mid-teens rate for both the first half and the full year. But BAT left 2026 group revenue guidance at the low end
June 12, 2026
Unilever announces €1.5 billion share buyback, ahead of McCormick challenge
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Unilever Stock Rises as Investors Weigh Q2 Catalyst, Buyback Support and Growth Risks

Unilever PLC shares edged higher on Friday, with the London-listed stock trading around 4,391p, up 0.9%, after opening at 4,348p and touching an intraday high of 4,409p. The move came as the FTSE 100 was also stronger, leaving the stock’s short-term performance tied partly to a broader rebound in large-cap UK equities rather than a single fresh corporate announcement. Hargreaves Lansdown data showed Unilever at a market value of about £95 billion, with a dividend yield close to 4%, while Google Finance showed the stock still well below its 52-week high of 5,542.11p. The latest price action matters because Unilever has been trying to rebuild investor confidence after a period of portfolio reshaping, cost savings and uneven demand in developed
June 12, 2026
BAE Systems Stock Slips as UK Defence Spending Fight Tests Rally
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BAE Systems Stock Slips as UK Defence Spending Fight Tests Rally

BAE Systems plc shares came under pressure Friday as the UK’s defence-spending row moved from Westminster politics into the market narrative around Britain’s largest defence contractor. Latest delayed market data from Hargreaves Lansdown showed BAE quoted at 1,908.00p to sell and 1,908.50p to buy, down 34p, or 1.75%, from a previous close of 1,942.50p, while the FTSE 100 was up 1.14%. AJ Bell showed a similar 1,908.50p/1,909.50p quote and a market capitalisation near £56 billion. The immediate concern is not that BAE’s order book has suddenly weakened, but that investors are reassessing how quickly political promises on defence spending turn into funded contracts. UK Defence Secretary John Healey resigned Thursday over a dispute about the government’s Defence Investment Plan, saying
June 12, 2026
Experian Shares Rebound After Two-Day Slide as Investors Weigh FY27 Growth and AI Push
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Experian Shares Rebound After Two-Day Slide as Investors Weigh FY27 Growth and AI Push

Experian PLC shares edged higher on Friday, with Hargreaves Lansdown showing the stock at a 2,527p sell price and 2,528p buy price, up 30p, or 1.2%, after a previous close of 2,497p. The move roughly tracked a stronger FTSE 100 session, with HL’s market page showing the index up 1.14%, but it did not erase the stock’s recent weakness. The bounce followed two sessions of underperformance. MarketWatch data showed Experian fell 2.41% on Wednesday, June 10, to £25.56 even as the FTSE 100 rose 0.27%, then dropped another 2.31% on Thursday, June 11, to £24.97 while the FTSE 100 rose 0.48%. That matters for the share price because the selling appears company-specific, not simply a market-wide move, and suggests investors
June 12, 2026
easyJet Shares Gain With Air France-KLM M&A Rumors Circulating
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easyJet Shares Gain With Air France-KLM M&A Rumors Circulating

easyJet plc shares drew attention again as more takeover talk added to gains that have lifted the stock well past the level mentioned in Castlelake’s possible offer. Hargreaves Lansdown’s market screen, though delayed, put easyJet at 507.40p to sell and 508.00p to buy—up 17.80p, or 3.63%, from the last 490.00p close. The FTSE 250 gained 1.80%. easyJet already jumped 2.73% on Thursday, finishing at £4.90 and beating the broader London market. Air France-KLM CEO Ben Smith said at the Paris Air Forum that the group isn’t ruling out a look at easyJet if someone makes an approach, but has no active deal in the works. “There are some amazing assets that easyJet has,” Smith said. He also said Air France-KLM
June 12, 2026
Standard Chartered Shares Climb 4% in London as European Banks Advance
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Standard Chartered Shares Climb 4% in London as European Banks Advance

Standard Chartered PLC shares jumped in London on Friday. LSEG data on Investors Chronicle had the stock at 1,925p, up 73p, or 3.94%, at 10:48 BST. Volume hit 1.41 million shares. The one-year gain was 66.45%. The Asia-focused bank has bounced back over the past year. European banks moved up in a broad risk-on rally, with the STOXX 600 banks index up 3.8% according to Reuters. Barclays and Standard Chartered both rose over 3%. Lower oil prices and renewed hopes for a U.S.-Iran deal boosted the mood across the region. “European markets are enjoying the decline in oil prices,” Swissquote Bank senior market analyst Ipek Ozkardeskaya told Reuters.
June 12, 2026
Marks & Spencer Shares Edge Higher on Signs of Fresh Recovery Focus
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Marks & Spencer Shares Edge Higher on Signs of Fresh Recovery Focus

Marks and Spencer Group plc shares gained Friday, up 3.57% at 374.20p by 10:45 BST, with 8.32 million shares traded as the FTSE 100 retailer caught a lift from a broader London rally and renewed focus on food-value and store-growth plans. Barclays’ research showed a sell price of 374.00p and a buy price of 374.30p at 10:48 BST. The FTSE 100 gained 1.28%. M&S acted two days after saying it put more than £30 million into cutting prices on over 65 food staples. Items include salmon, beef mince, eggs, ketchup, wraps, onions and frozen fries. The retailer said these cuts boost its Remarksable Value range to 145 products, now benchmarked against rivals. M&S is trying for more basket share but
June 12, 2026
Halma Share Price Falls From 52-Week High as June Results Test Nears
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Halma Shares Recover After Sliding 15%, Photonics Segment Focus for FTSE 100 Crowd

Halma plc tried to claw back some ground on Friday after a heavy drop earlier in the week, when full-year results and a weaker growth outlook sent shares tumbling. A delayed quote from Hargreaves Lansdown put Halma at 4,044p to sell and 4,046p to buy, 116p higher or up 2.95%. The previous close was 3,928p, leaving the company with a market cap near £15.27 billion. Halma shares slumped 15.38% to £39.28 in a rough Thursday trading day, lagging behind the FTSE 100, which ended up 0.48% at 10,303.88, MarketWatch reported. The stock is now almost 20% lower than its 52-week high of £49.02 set on June 3. Trading volume spiked to 3.6 million shares, well above the 50-day average at
June 12, 2026
Prudential Rises Again but Hong Kong Risk Looms Over Buyback
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Prudential Rises Again but Hong Kong Risk Looms Over Buyback

Prudential plc traded higher in London on Friday, after gaining ground Thursday as the FTSE 100 financials found some support. Hargreaves Lansdown quoted Prudential’s shares at 970.40p to sell and 970.80p to buy, up 20.80p, or 2.19%, from Thursday’s 949.60p close. The group’s market cap sat around £24.26 billion. Prudential climbed 2.5% in Thursday’s stronger session as the FTSE 100 finished up 0.5% at 10,303.9, Reuters said. Financials helped the index recover after a stretch where Hong Kong-focused stocks dropped on fresh worries about China’s cross-border investment curbs. Prudential felt the pressure from that, given its focus on Asia and Africa, not the UK.
June 12, 2026
NatWest shares surge as UK banks outperform FTSE 100
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NatWest shares surge as UK banks outperform FTSE 100

NatWest Group Plc shares closed higher in London on Friday, with the stock leading gains in UK financials as bank shares bounced in a rising equity market. Hargreaves Lansdown quoted NatWest at 609.40p to sell and 609.80p to buy after the close, up 22.00p, or 3.74%. The FTSE 100, using the same delayed prices, added 1.54%. The bank’s advance lined up with a firmer session in Europe. Reuters said European stocks jumped Friday, with the STOXX 600 climbing 1.2% at the open. Brent crude dropped over 2%. The European banking index was up 2.3% as easing worries about a broader Middle East conflict lifted the mood. Barclays and Standard Chartered each gained more than 2% among UK lenders.
June 12, 2026
Glencore up with FTSE miners amid Quebec copper smelter news
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Glencore up with FTSE miners amid Quebec copper smelter news

Glencore plc shares ticked up in London, with traders taking in a better session for miners and some new regulatory headlines out of Canada. Hargreaves Lansdown’s delayed quote put Glencore at 576.20p for sellers and 576.40p for buyers, up 2.10p, or 0.37%. Last close was 574.20p. The market cap read about £67.52 billion. The FTSE 100 was up 1.31% on the same quote screen, so Glencore’s gain sat inside a wider move among big UK stocks. London miners pushed higher in the last session. Reuters said the FTSE 100 closed up 0.5% at 10,303.9, with the industrial metal miners index climbing 1.8%. Rio Tinto and Glencore each added about 2%. The move came as investors kept an eye on risks
June 12, 2026
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