Smith & Nephew share price slips on Friday as exec share buys surface ahead of March results
London, Jan 25, 2026, 09:33 GMT — Market closed Shares in Smith & Nephew (SN.L) dropped 0.8% on Friday, ending the day at 1,225.5 pence. The FTSE 100 medical-device company’s market value is hovering around £10.4 billion. (Hargreaves Lansdown) Monday’s open may seem calm at first glance, but there’s plenty brewing. Investors are parsing a director-deal disclosure, weighing a fresh sports-medicine acquisition, and gearing up for an earnings report that might shift 2026 projections. Risk appetite wavered Friday as the FTSE 100 slipped 0.07%, ending the week lower. Investors weighed new geopolitical frictions after the U.S. issued tariff warnings, Reuters