Shell stock week ahead: $3 billion disposals meet paused buyback before ARC vote
The London Stock Exchange was shut on Saturday, its normal weekend break, leaving Shell Plc’s Friday close as the last price for the week. The stock closed at 2,891.50 pence, down 0.26% on the day, versus 2,898.00 pence at the previous Friday close. That left the shares down about 0.2% for the week, while the FTSE 100 ended Friday up 0.25%. The cleaner read for investors was not the share move. It was the cash line. Shell completed or agreed two disposals last week worth a combined $3.0 billion, exactly matching the size of its current buyback programme, which the company has paused because of securities law requirements tied to its takeover of ARC Resources. The comparison is numeric, not
