Friday Email: 24 January 2025
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 continued to trade positively this week following a very good start to the year (up 3.84%) It is up 72 points (0.85%) on the week. The S&P 500 is up 2.6% and the Stoxx 600 is up 1.6%.
The past week has continued to be quiet from a reporting perspective. There has continued to be plenty of trading statements however.
Going ex dividend this coming Thursday with yields in excess of 2.5% from the single dividend we have Hollywood Bowl (2.9%) and Pennon Group for 2.8%.
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Read next: 17 January 2025
The FTSE 100 has had a very good week after the initial doom and gloom in January. The increased probability of interest rate cuts has sent the FTSE 100 to an all time high in early trade. The index has also been boosted by a better Q4 than expected in China which lifted mining stocks this morning. The FTSE 100 is up 224 points this week (2.72%); the S&P 500 is up 0.8% and the Stoxx 600 is up 0.53%.
