Week Ahead: Calm before the Christmas chaos


(MENAFN- ProactiveInvestors) The Fed-fuelled “Santa Rally” has brought a bit of festive cheer to markets.

London’s top share index ended its final full week of trade in 2014 on a high but things quieten down this week for the Christmas break.

There’s not much in the way of company announcements but a few will be keeping their eye on UK and US GDP figures which are out on December 23.

In other releases we will see the final run of manufacturing surveys for the month of December with the ISM due in the States the ‘final’ PMIs (purchasing managers’ indices) due for the Euro area and the UK manufacturing PMI at the end of the week.

London market opening times:

Christmas Eve – early close 12:30Christmas Day – Closed Boxing Day – Closed New Year's Eve – early close 12:30 New Year’s Day – Closed Monday: AGMs - Kolar Gold (LON:KGLD) Rangers Football Club (LON:RFC) Sylvania Platinum (LON:SLP)Final Dividend Payments – CVS Group (LON:CVSG)

Tuesday: AGMs Minco (LON:MIO) Red Rock Resources (LON:RRR) Regency Mines (LON:RGM)

Wednesday: AGMs – Jubilee Platinum (LON:JLP)

Thursday: Christmas Day

Friday: Boxing Day

 


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