Friday Email: 28 February 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 has had another very good week rising by 208 points (1.95%) The S&P 500 is up 0.96% and the Stoxx 600 is up by 0.93%.
The past week has been very busy from a reporting perspective. Next week is also very busy with a good number of FTSE 100 companies reporting including Bunzl, Smith & Nephew, Fresnillo, Weir Group, Beazley, Rentokil, Admiral, Aviva, Reckitt Benckiser and IMI.
Going ex dividend this coming Thursday with yields in excess of 2% from the single dividend we have B.P. Marsh & Partners (3.2%) and RIO Tinto for 2.6%.
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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Read next: 20 February 2026
The FTSE 100 has continued the strong start to 2026 with a very good week and is up 219 points which is 2.1% on the week. (7.23% year to date). An interest rate cut at the next MPC meeting is now looking very likely and the consequent fall in sterling boosts many FTSE 100 companies. The S&P 500 has fallen 1.37% and the Stoxx 600 is up 1.26% this week.
