London, Feb 15, 2026, 11:09 GMT — The market has closed.
- RELX finished Friday at 2,257p, posting a 9.99% gain for the session.
- The filing revealed the group picked up 641,854 shares as part of its buyback.
- After a rollercoaster week driven by AI worries, investors are eyeing Monday’s open.
RELX PLC (REL.L) finished Friday’s session at 2,257 pence—a jump of 205 pence, or 9.99%. With London markets closed Sunday, traders will have to wait until Monday morning to see where the shares head next.
Why does it matter? RELX sits at the center of a broader dispute: does generative AI drive up demand for data firms’ tools, or does it let customers get by with less? Price swings are surfacing the question, not only what’s in the earnings slides.
Investors want to see whether Friday’s rally attracts more buyers, or if enthusiasm fizzles out after the initial earnings response. The buyback puts a floor under prices, though it leaves the competitive landscape unresolved.
RELX scooped up 641,854 shares on Feb. 13, a regulatory filing shows, with UBS’s London branch handling the buying. The price ranged from 2,102p to 2,202p per share. Volume-weighted average came in at 2,161.5535p.
RELX announced on Feb. 12 a £450 million “irrevocable, non-discretionary” buyback set to run through March 20, with UBS in charge of trades but limited by preset parameters. This comes right after the company wrapped up a £250 million repurchase on Feb. 6. Both programs are part of a larger £2.25 billion allocation running to 2026. Investegate
RELX posted £9.59 billion in revenue and an adjusted operating profit of £3.34 billion for 2025, putting forward a full-year dividend of 67.5p per share. Chief executive Erik Engstrom pointed to AI as key—highlighting it’s boosting product features and getting new offerings to market faster. That’s what’s behind customer value and growth, he said.
RELX insists it can harness AI as a product edge, though investors have been jittery about how the same tech might undercut subscription-based models. “The right judgments” on important calls come from RELX’s deep data and proprietary algorithms, CFO Nick Luff told Reuters. Still, shares slid harder after Anthropic rolled out a fresh plugin for its Claude chatbot, sending RELX down along with rivals Wolters Kluwer and Thomson Reuters. Reuters
RELX’s U.S. ADRs (RELX) wrapped up Friday in New York at $31.06, climbing from $28.81 the prior session as shares followed London’s rally.
The rebound may not hold. Should clients decide they can replace segments of legal research or risk-related tasks with independent AI tools—or if pricing starts to weaken—investors will probably shift their attention right back to the threat of disruption, moving away from the buyback story.
The company’s 2025 annual report is slated to hit its website by Feb. 19, with shareholder copies due in the mail on or about March 6, according to the latest update.
