Daily Stock Market Report (Fri 22 Nov 2024) - Agenda

Good morning!
I'm hoping for a quiet news day today, so that I might cover some backlog stories from yesterday (or from even earlier in the week, if there are any stories you'd like to suggest).
The discussion Megan and I had last night on "Stock Market Sector Trends for 2025" is available here, covering two UK themes (National Insurance and the Strategic Defence Review) and two US themes (Trump's trade policies/protectionism and deregulation).
Now let's see what the RNS has in store for us today.

Explanatory notes
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