WH Smith (LON:SMWH) high-street sale faces investor focus after TG Jones court delay
TG Jones, which bought WH Smith’s high street stores, was still waiting on a High Court
South32 Ltd (ASX:S32) share price bounce leaves June selloff intact before quarterly update
South32 Ltd entered Tuesday’s pre-open after a 1.79% rise on Monday, but the bounce did little to repair June’s damage. The miner closed at A$3.98; since June 22 it is down 4.1%,
easyJet (LON:EZJ) stock trails Castlelake offer on deal terms snag
easyJet plc shares remain priced with a takeover discount, after the airline gave Castlelake access to only limited commercial information. The delayed quote showed the stock at 580.2p to sell, 580.6p to buy, off 0.51% for the day. Shares opened at 587p and closed previously at 583p. The discount figure is what investors are watching. Castlelake put forward a fourth offer at 650p a share in cash. easyJet turned it down, calling it too low, but said more access to data could bring a “more attractive proposal”.
IAG shares dip on Heathrow cost dispute, offsetting oil price drop and dividend
International Consolidated Airlines Group SA shares dropped Monday. But for investors, fuel wasn’t the only concern. The British Airways parent is trading close to its old highs, as a new dispute about who pays for Heathrow’s expansion brings attention to a costly item the company can’t hedge. IAG was last at 473.25 pence, off 9.45 pence, as of 0946 BST. Volume was 2.24 million shares. The stock is trading 3.99% under its 52-week high of 492.90 pence from June 25, but it's still up 39.5% for the year, per delayed market data.
Glencore lags other miners as copper tightness doesn’t boost shares
Glencore plc ticked higher early in London on Monday, adding 0.79% to 518.75 pence in a Cboe Europe print at 09:10:56 BST. The move gave little relief to a shaky short-term trend for the big FTSE 100 commodities group. The FTSE 100 slipped 0.08% in delayed trading. What’s strange is Glencore shares dropped even though copper supply is still tight. LME cash copper finished at $13,287 a tonne on June 26, up 0.7% from a day ago. LME copper inventories slid to 336,475 tonnes from 349,225 tonnes on June 22, down 12,750 tonnes.
Rolls-Royce (LON:RR) stock steady as China A330neo deal eyes cash flow
Rolls-Royce Holdings plc ticked higher in early London trading on Monday, but the gain was modest for a stock often seen as a top test of aero-engine cash generation in Europe. By 09:04 BST, shares changed hands at 1,414.60p, up 0.60% during London’s main session, as the FTSE 100 slipped around 0.11%. China Eastern’s latest order landed with 25 A330neo widebodies on the table at a sticker price of around $9.35 billion. The jets run on Rolls-Royce Trent 7000 engines—so with two engines for each plane, that’s 50 installed. The filing seen by Reuters didn't break out a separate price for the engines or say anything about service contracts.
BAE Systems (LON:BA) buyback case looks better after shares fall with UK defence review coming
BAE Systems plc had a mixed week, bouncing on Friday while the broader market slumped, but still posted a lower finish over five days. The dip means its fresh buyback program will pick up more shares with the same money. BAE closed at 1,808p in London, up 0.89% for the day, Hargreaves Lansdown data said. The FTSE 100 lost 0.21% on Friday. But BAE finished the week 2.1% lower than last Friday's close.
Stock Market Today: Live Updates 20.07.2026
LIVEMarkets rolling coverageStarted: July 20, 2026, 4:00 AM EDTUpdated: July 20, 2026, 2:59 PM EDT Parents can give kids a $75,000 super head start with early contributions July 20, 2026, 2:49 PM EDT. Parents can open superannuation funds for kids and start saving early for retirement. Student Super allows child accounts at any age with no fees below $1,000. Early contributions mean more time for compound interest to work-starting with $1,000 at birth and adding $1,000 each year could grow to $50,423 over 20 years at 8% annual growth. The Australian government’s co-contribution for low-income earners can push savings higher.
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LIVEMarkets rolling coverageStarted: July 19, 2026, 4:00 AM EDTUpdated: July 20, 2026, 3:59 AM EDT BP shares rally 29.5% as oil prices drive up refining margins, but output slips July 20, 2026, 3:52 AM EDT. BP shares are up 29.5% from a year ago, lifted by higher oil prices with Brent crude averaging $103.85 a barrel in Q2 2026. That pumped up BP’s refining margins to $29.6 per barrel, nearly twice the year-ago level. The company is cutting net debt, moving from $25.3 billion toward $22-23 billion. Analysts see the stock hitting 599p, or even 700p within twelve months, showing
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LIVEMarkets rolling coverageStarted: July 18, 2026, 4:00 AM EDTUpdated: July 19, 2026, 3:59 AM EDT Goodwin (LSE:GDWN): Another UK Engineering Bet as Rolls-Royce Valuation Climbs July 19, 2026, 3:49 AM EDT. Rolls-Royce has led the FTSE rally, but its rich price could cap future gains. Goodwin (LSE:GDWN), a UK engineering firm with 143 years in defence, nuclear and aerospace, is aiming to double 2026 trading profit to £71 million. Revenue climbed 27.4% and margins are up. Goodwin has a £288 million order book and a pipeline led by defence and energy deals, though these aren’t fully disclosed. Shares have dropped
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LIVEMarkets rolling coverageStarted: July 17, 2026, 4:00 AM EDTUpdated: July 18, 2026, 3:59 AM EDT Lloyds Banking Group (LSE:LLOY) Up 210% in Five Years, but Valuation Views Split July 18, 2026, 3:52 AM EDT. Lloyds Banking Group (LSE:LLOY) has climbed 209.6% over five years, but views on its valuation are mixed. The Excess Returns model points to 45.5% upside with a fair value of £2.05 per share. At the same time, traditional market multiples put the stock at a premium. Lloyds trades on a 14.0 P/E, higher than the industry’s 11.7. The Bank of England is weighing relaxed leverage rules,
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LIVEMarkets rolling coverageStarted: July 16, 2026, 4:00 AM EDTUpdated: July 17, 2026, 3:59 AM EDT ASX slips 0.5%, miners hit hard; index flat for the week July 17, 2026, 3:47 AM EDT. The S&P/ASX 200 lost 0.5% Friday and finished the week little changed. Miners weighed heavily, with materials off more than 3%. BHP dropped 3% as it cut copper guidance. Regis Resources tumbled 8% after weaker FY27 guidance and an accounting issue. Higher oil prices and geopolitical worries fueled selling in gold and copper names. Energy and defensive sectors helped limit broader losses. Across Asia, major indexes slumped: South
Stock Market Today: Live Updates 14.07.2026
LIVEMarkets rolling coverageStarted: July 14, 2026, 4:00 AM EDTUpdated: July 15, 2026, 3:59 AM EDT ASX 200 up as BHP rallies, Macquarie sets record in choppy commodity trade July 15, 2026, 3:50 AM EDT. The ASX 200 ended higher, lifted by a jump in BHP after positive moves in commodity prices. BHP rose on supply worries and higher demand. Macquarie Group hit an all-time high, with its shares getting a boost from volatile commodity markets, a key area for the bank’s asset management and banking units. Traders rotated into resource and financial stocks while global markets stayed volatile. The strength
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LIVEMarkets rolling coverageStarted: July 13, 2026, 4:00 AM EDTUpdated: July 14, 2026, 3:59 AM EDT SRT Marine Systems (LON:SRT) Set for Investor Webcast as Shares Hover Near 80p July 14, 2026, 3:48 AM EDT. SRT Marine Systems (LON:SRT), which has a £220 million market cap, traded around 80p with investors looking for the shares to push back above 100p. CEO Simon Tucker is due to give another round of corporate updates at an Investor Webcast, the first since April 29. The company has built up its balance sheet and has been adding to its order book. Shares jumped from 40p
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LIVEMarkets rolling coverageStarted: July 12, 2026, 4:00 AM EDTUpdated: July 13, 2026, 3:58 AM EDT ASX 200 Flat as Investors Watch U.S. Inflation, China Numbers July 13, 2026, 3:58 AM EDT. ASX 200 edged up just 3 points to finish at 8,808, as gains in telecom, banks, and energy names offset weaker tech and industrials. Traders sat tight before key U.S. inflation data and Fed Chair Warsh’s testimony, while U.S. futures softened. Investors also kept an eye on China’s June trade numbers, Q2 GDP, and new sentiment readouts for Australia. Miners slipped ahead of earnings-BHP and Rio Tinto both fell.
$85 CASHCAT Play Turns Into $2 Million Surprise on Robinhood Chain
CASHCAT, a Robinhood Chain memecoin with a cat theme, pulled back Thursday morning after speculative buying earlier this week sent some early holders’ wallets into the millions. CASHCAT traded near $0.0896 on DEX Screener, down roughly 27% in the past 24 hours. The token had a market cap around $88.8 million with close to $5.8 million in liquidity on its main Uniswap V3 pool on Robinhood Chain. Liquidity refers to the tokens and cash available in the pool for trading—low liquidity can make it hard for holders to sell fast.
ANZ Holds Up as ASX Drops; Bigger Test Ahead
ANZ Group Holdings Limited finished up 1.21% at A$35.87 Wednesday, running counter to weaker action in the wider Australian market. Investors held on to the major banks as new Middle East tension kept oil and interest rate risks in focus. Shares traded in a range from A$34.92 to A$35.95, according to Google Finance. The move stood out since the S&P/ASX 200 dropped 18.80 points, or 0.21%, settling at 8,785.10. ANZ’s rise seemed to be part of a broader rally among banks, lending some support as the market took a hit from oil and geopolitical news.
BHP faces Port Hedland strike threat as copper growth story in focus
BHP Group Ltd goes into Thursday’s session with shares under pressure as the market treats a short labour stoppage as something that could drag out and challenge the miner’s main cash source. The ASX gave BHP’s latest close at A$57.51, down 2.31%. For the S&P/ASX 200, the daily wrap showed a 0.21% drop. That 2.10 percentage point difference points to a BHP-driven selloff, not just overall weakness in Australia. It's awkward for shareholders since iron ore actually climbed. Trading Economics showed iron ore CNY at 746 yuan a tonne for July 8, up 1.43%, with futures gaining on news of the planned BHP Port Hedland strike. Usually a miner with low-cost tonnes gets a lift from higher ore prices. BHP
Meaco Cirro sells out in UK as heatwave spikes cooling demand
Meaco’s Cirro portable air conditioner sold out, showing more than a typical jump in sales during a heatwave. The move is a test for UK cooling demand, which now seems to stretch beyond old expectations. Suppliers have little buffer left when warm weather hits ahead of their restocks. Meaco’s website listed the 12,000 BTU Cirro cooling-only unit as sold out at £519.99, next stock expected April 2027. Ideal Home said the same air conditioner was briefly back on sale Wednesday before selling out again. Meaco said other Cirro models could return for short periods this week. Limited)
Rio Tinto slips as iron ore premium faces test ahead of July update
Shares in Rio Tinto fell on July 8 as traders watched for signs on the iron ore premium, ahead of the company's monthly output update due later in July. LONDON, July 8, 2026, 16:08 BST Rio Tinto’s drop isn’t just a single-session move tied to Middle East action. It looks more like the market dialing back its 2026 delivery premium. As of 16:08 BST, London was still in regular trading, so this was risk being priced live late in the day. The Rio number here comes from delayed data, not the closing print.
easyJet (LON:EZJ) faces £603 million deal risk as Castlelake deadline looms
easyJet shares were at 610.40p at 13:56 BST on Wednesday, sitting 11.5% under Castlelake’s 690p cash offer. Shares were up 2.1% on the day, valuing the company at £4.62 billion. Google Finance showed 758.01 million shares outstanding. The spread is what traders are watching. The board says it will back the deal if Castlelake firms up by Aug. 3, but the shares still reflect about £603 million in equity value over the offer. Shares at 610.40p, deal at 690p, that's a 13.0% gap.
Aviva shares tick higher after Tesco deal aims at parents’ insurance gap
Aviva plc ticked up Tuesday after tying up a distribution deal with Tesco plc, offering a new sign on Aviva’s push to grow protection sales. Protection still trailed the insurer’s wealth and general insurance business in the first-quarter update. Aviva’s investor page had the shares trading at 677.80 pence, up 0.30%, at 15:40 UK time. Market cap on the same page was 20.3 billion pounds as of Monday’s close. Hargreaves Lansdown listed the bid-offer spread at 677.60p/678.00p with a prior close at 675.80p, volume of 3.22 million shares, a 5.80% dividend yield and P/E of 25.12.
Keller stock jumps after order book tops 60% of sales forecast
Keller Group plc shares rose Tuesday after the ground-engineering company said it expects full-year revenue and underlying operating profit to beat consensus by a wide margin, thanks to a jump in U.S. infrastructure and data center orders. The ramp in orders now puts the company’s valuation in focus for the rest of the year. London stocks were trading with the market open as of publication. The London Stock Exchange’s regular hours on July 7 are 0800 to 1630 BST. Keller last changed hands at 3,252p at 14:02 BST, up 570p for the day. Volume hit 708,230 shares, topping Google Finance’s average of 173,280 by more than four times.
Lloyds Banking Group (LON:LLOY) stock: buybacks near 52-week high test BoE capital boost
Lloyds Banking Group plc fell 0.6% to 114.65 pence at 11:59 BST on Tuesday, lagging a 0.2% gain in the FTSE 100. The stock still sat just 1.2% below its 116.00p 52-week high, putting the day’s fall in a narrower frame: Lloyds is no longer trading like a cheap recovery bank, even as capital rules turn friendlier. The fresh data point is the buyback price. Lloyds said it bought 6,986,031 ordinary shares on July 6 from Goldman Sachs International at a volume-weighted average price of 115.2851p, with the shares to be cancelled. That was about 0.6% above Tuesday’s late-morning quote and within touching distance of the 52-week high.
Unilever rallies, closing in on analyst targets ahead of July earnings
Unilever PLC shares jumped more than 3% on Tuesday, outpacing gains on the FTSE 100 ahead of the consumer group's half-year earnings later this month. Hargreaves Lansdown delayed data had Unilever at 4,695.75p, up 139p. The FTSE 100 was up 0.47% at 10,701.46. The stock is now sitting about 9.9% below the median 12-month analyst target of 5,160.27p on Investors Chronicle, after starting the week with a 13.2% gap from Monday’s 4,557p finish. That shift puts pressure on the next set of results, since the story is looking cleaner but tighter—investors now have to bet on volume growth, emerging markets and buybacks, with less of a cushion from a cheap price.
Glencore drops in London as Congo limits cap copper gains
Glencore plc slipped on Tuesday, bucking a rise in London’s blue-chip index. Shares made only a minor move, but investors are wrestling with whether Congo cobalt regulation and Glencore’s weighted production schedule can keep the shares up after hitting a high in June. Glencore was last seen at 513.50p as of 10:53 BST, down from its prior close at 516.00p. The London Stock Exchange is open from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. BST. The FTSE 100 was up 0.45% on Reuters' delayed feed.
Rolls-Royce shares push past median target, spotlighting cash-flow test
Rolls-Royce Holdings plc shares dropped on Tuesday. The real issue for investors now is how much of the 2028 cash-flow plan is already priced into the stock. Rolls-Royce shares slipped 1.3% to 1,483.4p as of 9:57 BST, while the FTSE 100 was up 0.6% just after 09:26 BST. Google Finance showed the company's market cap at £123.86 billion, with a 52-week high of 1,532.6p, set in late June.