Friday Email: 08 February 2019
Every Friday morning our lead analyst Mark Riding sends out his weekly run-down and upcoming events in the investor calendar, like this one:
The FTSE 100 has risen around 90 points on the week having been over 150 points higher at one stage.
The past week has been dominated by the Brexit debate once more and this will continue to be the case over the coming weeks.
A few big companies report next week including Astra Zeneca, Smurfit Kappa, Micro Focus and Royal Bank of Scotland.
Going ex-dividend this coming Thursday with yields in excess of 2% we have Tui (6.6%) and Low & Bonar for 2.2%.
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Read next: 01 February 2019
The FTSE 100 has had a good week and has risen around 200 points to trade just shy of the 7000 mark. Brexit uncertainty continues to frustrate just about everybody. China and the United States are currently talking things up and are rushing to get a trade deal by March 1st. That looks challenging to achieve.