LSE:RR.L 28 November 2025 - 8 January 2026

Wall Street’s main indexes opened higher on Friday, kicking off 2026 on an upbeat note after a late-December pullback. The Dow rose 42.7 points to 48,105.98 at the opening bell, while the S&P 500 gained 32.6 points to 6,878.11 and the Nasdaq added 239.5 points to 23,481.49. Reuters Investors are bracing for a heavy stretch of catalysts that could reset rate expectations, including the monthly U.S. jobs report on Jan. 9 and consumer price inflation data on Jan. 13, as fourth-quarter earnings season begins with major banks. Fed funds futures — derivatives that reflect where traders expect the Federal Reserve’s policy rate to land — suggest little chance of a cut at the late-January meeting and nearly a 50% probability of a quarter-point reduction in March. “Anything that has to do with underlying economic activity and inflation is really going to catch the market’s attention,” said Scott Wren, senior global market strategist at Wells Fargo Investment Institute. Reuters