Friday Email: 02 January 2026
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 went briefly through 10,000 this morning and is trading up about 50 points at the moment. This caps an excellent year for the index which beat the S&P 500 and the Stoxx 600. The FTSE 100 rose almost 21% in 2025.
The next few weeks will be quiet from a reporting perspective, although plenty of trading statements can be expected, especially from the retailers reporting on Christmas trading.
Going ex dividend this coming Thursday with yields in excess of 2% from the single dividend we have Bisichi (6.8%), Smiths News (5% Final Dividend plus 4% Special dividend) and Workspace Group for 2.4%.
The Friday email is delivered to over 20,000 subscriber’s every week, and remains a widely read run-down of recent events and what investors can expect in the week ahead written by our chief analyst Mark Riding.
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