London Stock Exchange Group is trading 4.18% down at £8394.00, with no confirmed cause in the supplied context. - Reuters reported October 13, 2026: the group discussed a possible bid for financial-data provider Octus, with no deal certainty. Shares dipped as much as 2.7%, but Reuters did not establish the talks caused today’s larger decline. - Bitcoin was up 0.51% and Ethereum down 0.43% since the previous close; marginal U.S. index movements do not confirm a broader-market explanation.