London, Jan 9, 2026, 11:37 GMT — Regular session
RELX (REL.L) shares edged higher in London on Friday after the information and analytics group flagged another round of buybacks. The stock was up 2 pence, or 0.06%, at 3,150 pence as of 1108 GMT.
RELX bought 303,180 shares on Thursday through UBS, paying between 3,082 and 3,158 pence, the company said. It has repurchased about 1.57 million shares since Jan. 2, and the stock will be held in treasury.
The purchases sit inside a £250 million non-discretionary programme that runs from Jan. 2 to Feb. 6. Under the setup, the broker trades independently inside preset limits — a standard way to keep buybacks moving during sensitive periods ahead of results.
RELX moved with the wider market as the FTSE 100 rose about 0.4%, lifted by miners after Glencore jumped on merger talks with Rio Tinto. Investors also waited for a U.S. jobs report due later on Friday, with Morningstar strategist Michael Field urging a “healthy dose of scepticism” on deal chatter. Reuters
RELX sells scientific, technical, medical and legal information and analytics and runs exhibitions. It trades in London under the ticker REL and has listings in Amsterdam and New York.
Other UK data and analytics names were firmer, with Experian up 0.9% by mid-morning. RELX’s move looked more like a grind than a chase.
The stock opened at 3,146 pence and has traded between 3,136 and 3,175 pence so far, Hargreaves Lansdown data showed. RELX also sits well below its 52-week high of 4,205 pence, and HL puts the shares on a price-to-earnings ratio of about 26.
But buybacks do not do much if guidance jars. The next update on growth and margins matters more than the daily repurchase tally.
RELX is due to report full-year results for the year to Dec. 31, 2025 on Feb. 12 — the next clear catalyst for the RELX share price.
