Shares of Shell Plc listed in the U.S. climbed on Tuesday, with the last price recorded at $77.63. The oil giant announced plans to offload a 20% stake in its Orca offshore Brazil project to Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration Company.
BP shares climbed 1.8% to roughly 475 pence during early London trades, edging near their 52-week peak of 476.2 pence. On Tuesday, the stock had closed at 466.5 pence.
Experian shares ticked up roughly 0.5% to 2,569 pence early Wednesday in London, following a close at 2,555 pence on Tuesday. The stock has fluctuated between 2,526 and 2,584 pence so far, holding close to the low end of its 52-week range.
Shares of Rolls-Royce Holdings plc ticked up on Wednesday following news of another tranche of share buybacks. By 0816 GMT, the stock climbed 6.5 pence, or 0.5%, to 1,242 pence, after peaking at 1,250.5 pence earlier in the session.
Rio Tinto shares edged up 0.6% to 7,081 pence early Wednesday in London, after briefly hitting 7,082 pence. The stock kicked off the day at 7,041 pence, continuing a strong streak from recent sessions.
HSBC Holdings Plc shares looked poised for a steady open in London on Wednesday, trading at 1,301 pence on the bank’s investor page just before the market bell. In Hong Kong, shares slipped 0.6 Hong Kong dollars to HK$138.30, while the New York ADR fell 62 cents to $88.98.
British American Tobacco repurchased 117,545 shares on Tuesday under its ongoing buyback programme, paying a volume-weighted average price of 4,475.9562 pence per share—a figure that factors in the number of shares traded at each price. The company intends to cancel these shares, which will leave 2,176,662,435 shares outstanding after the cancellation, not counting treasury shares.
Shares in London Stock Exchange Group slid further on Wednesday, dropping 1.3% to 7,086 pence by 08:07 GMT. The stock hit 7,072 pence earlier, brushing close to a 52-week low.
Anglo American plc enters Wednesday riding a surge after its shares hit a new 52-week peak in the last session. The miner closed Tuesday up 7.25% at 3,700 pence, though trading volume was a bit under its 50-day average.
Glencore shares are under the spotlight ahead of Wednesday’s London session after the miner revealed it has signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding. The deal could hand a U.S.-backed group a 40% stake in its copper and cobalt operations in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The stock last closed at 517.30 pence, up 16.30 pence, according to Glencore’s share-price feed.
Keppel Ltd shares climbed 0.46% to S$10.94 by 3:19 p.m. in Singapore on Wednesday. The stock had added 1.3% on Tuesday, though it dropped 1.6% on Monday.
Shares of CapitaLand Investment slipped on Wednesday following the announcement that the Singapore-listed real estate investment manager had put a dormant China subsidiary into members’ voluntary liquidation.
Shares of Yangzijiang Shipbuilding ticked up 0.6% to S$3.35 in Wednesday afternoon trading in Singapore, following a flat close the previous day. Volume slowed, with roughly 4.7 million shares traded versus about 15.7 million on Tuesday.
Shares of iFAST Corporation Ltd dropped 3.3% to S$9.89 by Wednesday afternoon, dipping to a low of S$9.80 amid roughly 2.29 million shares changing hands.
Singapore lender Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp saw its shares climb 0.7% to S$21.43 during Wednesday afternoon trading. The stock had opened at S$21.20 and ended the previous session at S$21.28.
Wilmar International shares rose 3.0% to S$3.47 on Wednesday, marking their strongest day in over a week amid renewed buying interest in commodity-linked stocks.
Genting Singapore shares held firm at S$0.740 by 3:08 p.m. local time, as investors mulled over new tourism data and its potential impact on foot traffic and spending at Resorts World Sentosa.