Friday Email: 13 December 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 had a decent week and has risen approximately 150 points. The markets like the election result and the FTSE 100 is up over 100 points today (1.5%). The FTSE 250 is up even more (over 4%). Banks, Housebuilders and Utilities have seen strong gains this morning.

The past week has been quiet from a company results perspective and the week ahead remains quiet.

Going ex dividend for yields in excess of 2% this coming Thursday we have Topps Tiles (3.2%), Highland Gold (2.8%), Countryside Properties (2.4%) and International Biotechnology Trust for 2%.

This email was originally sent on Friday 13 December 2019

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