Friday Email: 19 February 2021
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 is up approximately 50 points on the week.
The past week saw a return to dividends for the first two of the big UK banks reporting with both Barclays and NatWest group declaring dividends. The large miners reported large dividend increases as BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto increased their dividends significantly.
The week ahead gets much busier. Lloyds Bank and HSBC report to the market. Other FTSE 100 companies reporting include Croda, Intercontinental Hotels Group, Anglo American, Evraz, St James's Place, Standard Chartered, Mondi and BAE Systems.
Going ex-dividend this coming Thursday with yields in excess of 2% we have Plus 500 (2.8%) and Arbuthnot Banking group for 2.3%.
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