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Shan Ahmed Khan

As a journalist focused on finance and the stock market, he delivers fast, reliable, and easy-to-understand coverage of market news.

Tesco (TSCO.L) stock slips after Christmas update boosts profit view — what traders watch next

Tesco (TSCO.L) stock slips after Christmas update boosts profit view — what traders watch next

London, Jan 10, 2026, 08:58 GMT — Market closed Tesco PLC shares ended Friday down 1.6% at 415.4 pence, leaving the stock about 8% lower over the past two sessions after the supermarket lifted its full-year profit outlook following a Christmas sales rise. (shareprices.com) The reaction matters because Tesco is the biggest player in UK groceries and often sets the tone on pricing. Rivals are still fighting for share as shoppers stay price-sensitive, and any shift in food inflation feeds straight into how hard supermarkets have to lean on discounts. Sainsbury’s boss Simon Roberts told reporters he expected food inflation
10 January 2026
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Babcock stock closes higher as defence-spending bets build — here’s what to watch next

Babcock stock closes higher as defence-spending bets build — here’s what to watch next

London, January 10, 2026, 08:50 GMT — Market closed Babcock International Group Plc (BAB.L) shares closed 1.3% higher at 1,469 pence on Friday, extending a run of daily gains into the weekend. Turnover was about 6.5 million shares, according to exchange data. (MarketScreener) The bid under the stock has come with a broader push into defence names after U.S. President Donald Trump said the 2027 U.S. military budget should be $1.5 trillion, well above the $901 billion approved for this year. “Geopolitics is the inescapable story of 2026 thus far,” Neil Wilson, UK investor strategist at Saxo Bank, said, while
10 January 2026
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NatWest shares slip as buyback rolls on; investors eye BoE, inflation and Feb results

NatWest shares slip as buyback rolls on; investors eye BoE, inflation and Feb results

London, Jan 10, 2026, 09:02 GMT — Market closed NatWest Group Plc shares (NWG.L) ended Friday down 0.25% at 642.6 pence, after the bank reported another round of purchases under its ongoing share buyback programme. (MarketWatch) The buyback itself is routine, but it keeps the focus on capital returns at a moment when investors are watching how quickly lower interest rates could bite into bank earnings. NatWest, like peers Barclays and Lloyds, has leaned on dividends and buybacks to underpin the stock after a strong run. Rate expectations matter because lenders make a large share of profit from the gap
10 January 2026
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Unilever stock ends higher into the weekend — filings and Feb results in focus

Unilever stock ends higher into the weekend — filings and Feb results in focus

London, Jan 10, 2026, 08:54 GMT — Market closed Unilever shares ended Friday up 1.7% at 4,744 pence, outperforming London’s FTSE 100 ahead of the weekend. Turnover was light versus recent averages, suggesting much of the move was flow rather than fresh conviction. (MarketWatch) That matters now because the stock has been trading on sparse, incremental signals as the market shifts into results season. With no trading until Monday, investors will start next week with a short list: next month’s numbers, and whether the group can keep volumes steady without leaning harder on price. The company is still bedding in
10 January 2026
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Diageo plc stock: Kenya court delay keeps $2.3bn Asahi deal in focus ahead of next week

Diageo plc stock: Kenya court delay keeps $2.3bn Asahi deal in focus ahead of next week

London, Jan 10, 2026, 08:20 GMT — Market closed Kenya’s High Court has pushed the hearing on a bid to block Diageo’s $2.3 billion sale of its local unit EABL to Japan’s Asahi Holdings to Jan. 20. Judge Bahati Mwamuye said the involved parties can proceed with preliminary moves, provided the deal isn’t finalized before that date. EABL responded, “We welcome the court’s decision to allow the regulatory phases of this transaction to continue.” The lawsuit was brought by Kenyan beer distributor Bia Tosha, tied to a dispute going back to 2016. Despite the hold-up, the deal parties still aim
10 January 2026
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GSK stock: $50m Noetik deal and Jemperli royalty lawsuit sharpen focus on Feb 4 results

GSK stock: $50m Noetik deal and Jemperli royalty lawsuit sharpen focus on Feb 4 results

New York, Jan 10, 2026, 03:42 EST — Market closed AnaptysBio said it filed a motion asking a U.S. court to dismiss part of a claim by GSK plc’s oncology unit, escalating a dispute over royalties tied to sales of cancer drug Jemperli, a PD-1 inhibitor — a kind of immunotherapy that helps the immune system attack tumours. Tesaro sued AnaptysBio in Delaware in November seeking to terminate a 2014 licence and halve royalty and milestone payments, while AnaptysBio countersued and pointed to trials involving rival PD-1 drugs including Merck’s Keytruda; the case is set for a July 14–17 trial
10 January 2026
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Reckitt Benckiser stock hits a 52-week high as £1.6bn special dividend clock starts

Reckitt Benckiser stock hits a 52-week high as £1.6bn special dividend clock starts

London, Jan 10, 2026, 08:36 GMT — Market closed Reckitt Benckiser Group plc shares closed Friday up 0.1% at 6,176 pence after touching a 12-month high of 6,262 pence, as investors weighed an imminent cash return and the mechanics around it. The stock is up about 3.2% over the past week, data showed. (Hargreaves Lansdown) The market is shut for the weekend, but the timetable is the story now. A one-off payout and an accompanying share consolidation can shift the quoted price in early February even if the underlying value is unchanged, and that tends to pull in short-term positioning.
10 January 2026
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BP stock jumps with oil prices as buyback rolls on — here’s what investors watch next

BP stock jumps with oil prices as buyback rolls on — here’s what investors watch next

London, Jan 10, 2026, 08:25 GMT — Market closed BP PLC (BP.L) shares rose 2.39% to close at 426 pence on Friday, ending the week on a firmer note. The stock is still about 10.6% below its 52-week high and trading volume was below its 50-day average. (MarketWatch) Oil did most of the work. Brent settled up 2.18% at $63.34 a barrel on Friday and U.S. WTI crude ended at $59.12 as traders weighed supply risks tied to Iran and the Russia-Ukraine war. “The uprising in Iran is keeping the market on edge,” said Phil Flynn, senior analyst with the
10 January 2026
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Vodafone stock slides after buyback update — what traders watch next

Vodafone stock slides after buyback update — what traders watch next

London, Jan 10, 2026, 08:46 GMT — Market closed Vodafone Group shares ended Friday down 2.36% at 101.20 pence, a weak finish ahead of next week’s reopening after weekend markets shut. (Yahoo Finance) The telecoms group said it bought 1,355,080 shares on Jan. 8 at a volume-weighted average price of 103.38 pence, part of its ongoing repurchase programme. (Stockopedia) That matters now because Vodafone’s equity story has tilted back toward cash returns — buybacks and dividends — and the next trading update is close enough to make positioning awkward. The company has said the buyback programme can run until Feb.
10 January 2026
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Rightmove shares get a fresh Morgan Stanley downgrade — here’s what matters before Monday

Rightmove shares get a fresh Morgan Stanley downgrade — here’s what matters before Monday

London, Jan 10, 2026, 08:40 GMT — Market closed Rightmove shares head into the new week with a fresh broker downgrade hanging over them, after Morgan Stanley cut the UK property portal to “underweight” — a call to hold less than a benchmark. (TipRanks) The timing is awkward for property-linked names. UK house prices rose just 0.3% in the year to December, Halifax data showed this week, and the lender flagged a soft month-end. “It looks very likely interest rates will be cut less this year than they were last year,” Matt Swannell, chief economic adviser to the EY Item
10 January 2026
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Anglo American stock jumps on EU Teck signal as key February dates loom

Anglo American stock jumps on EU Teck signal as key February dates loom

London, Jan 10, 2026, 08:24 GMT — Market closed Anglo American plc shares ended Friday up 2.7% at 3,216 pence, a whisker below the week’s 52-week high, after signs that its planned merger with Canada’s Teck Resources is moving through Europe with fewer obvious hurdles. (MarketWatch) The shift matters because the Teck deal has been the main driver of the stock since it was announced, and regulators have been the long pole in the tent. A European Commission filing showed the deal is under a simplified review — a faster track used when the watchdog does not flag major competition
10 January 2026
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Glencore stock jumps on Rio Tinto deal talks — what GLEN.L investors watch next

Glencore stock jumps on Rio Tinto deal talks — what GLEN.L investors watch next

London, Jan 10, 2026, 07:50 GMT — Market closed Glencore (GLEN.L) shares closed up 9.6% on Friday at 452.65 pence after Rio Tinto confirmed preliminary discussions about a possible combination that could include an all-share merger. The stock traded in a 437.9–459.0 pence range and is now sitting near the top end of its recent band as London markets remain shut for the weekend. (Investing.com) The revived talks matter because they point to another big swing at consolidation among miners chasing copper and other industrial metals, while trying not to spook shareholders on coal. A combined Rio-Glencore would be valued
10 January 2026
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Stock Market Today

GSK share price set for Monday watch after EU clears Nucala COPD use

GSK share price set for Monday watch after EU clears Nucala COPD use

7 February 2026
GSK shares closed Friday up 0.83% at a 52-week high after the EU approved Nucala for certain uncontrolled COPD patients. Insider filings showed chairman Jonathan Symonds bought 2,500 shares while executive David Redfern sold 100,000. The FTSE 100 rose 0.6%. Broker ratings on GSK remained mixed.
Aye Finance IPO: Rs 454-crore anchor haul follows valuation cut below last round

Aye Finance IPO: Rs 454-crore anchor haul follows valuation cut below last round

7 February 2026
Aye Finance raised Rs 454.5 crore from 19 anchor investors ahead of its Feb 9 IPO, pricing shares at the top of a Rs 122–129 range. The company’s profit fell 40% to Rs 64.3 crore in the six months to September as bad loans rose to 4.85%. The IPO values Aye at about Rs 3,200 crore, below its last private round. Major investors include Nippon Life India and Goldman Sachs funds.
BAT share price closes near 52-week high as buyback rolls on ahead of results week

BAT share price closes near 52-week high as buyback rolls on ahead of results week

7 February 2026
British American Tobacco shares closed up 1.2% at 4,609 pence Friday, near a 52-week high. The company disclosed further share buybacks and management share purchases ahead of its Feb. 12 full-year results. BAT bought 121,668 shares for cancellation on Feb. 5. Investors await updates on nicotine alternatives and cash returns.
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