Airlines, tobacco and telecoms among key sectors in coming week, UK inflation data to provide macro flavour
Companies in the diary for the week include Ryanair and easyJet, as well as Vodafone, Imperial Brands and Royal Mail
The coming week is scheduled to see updates and results from a plethora of blue-chip brands, with Ryanair and easyJet representing the airline sector while tobacco group Imperial Brands, telecoms giant Vodafone and Royal Mail among the notable reporters.
However, other major brands are also in the pipeline including B&Q owner Kingfisher, publisher group Future and utility firm National Gird, while in the macro diary UK inflation data will be the headline news alongside new unemployment figures.
London open: FTSE hits fresh post-pandemic high amid deal news
Fri, 7th May 2021 08:04
(Sharecast News) - London stocks rose in early trade on Friday, with the top-flight index hitting a new post-pandemic high as deal news and strong commodity prices provided a boost ahead of the latest US non-farm payrolls report.
At 0900 BST, the FTSE 100 was up 0.4% at 7,101.95.
Neil Wilson, chief market analyst at Markets.com said: The overriding market themes remain pretty well unabused: A monster commodity rally continues as the global economy heats up, and massive but messy rotation out of the tech/growth/momentum plays into more cyclical/value parts of the market.
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In 2015 George Osborne, then the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, decided that those age over 55 could take much more of their pension in cash. This has since opened up a range of possibilities for DC scheme members in the world of pensions.Download
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