All eyes over the coming week will be on the start of the new US administration.
The FTSE 100 ended the week up 256. 73 points, or 3. 11%, closing at 8,505. 22 on Friday.
Investors' focus over the coming week will be on the inflation picture Stateside.
The FTSE 100 ended the week up 24. 51 points, or 0. 3%, closing at 8,248. 49 on Friday.
Investors' attention will be trained on the US jobs market during the coming week, data which may decide which way the stock market goes between now and the inauguration of the new administration.
The FTSE 100 ended New Year-truncated week up 86. 99 points, or 1. 07%, closing at 8,223. 98 on Friday.
The FTSE 100 ended the Christmas-interrupted week down 49. 33 points, or 0. 6%, closing at 8,149. 78 on Friday.
The coming week ought to be calm with a slightly positive bias to trading, as most market participants worldwide will be away from their desks during the Christmas holidays and New Year celebrations.
The FTSE 100 ended the week down 215. 72 points, or 2. 6%, closing at 8,084. 61 on Friday.
All eyes over the coming week will be on the US Federal Reserve as policymakers met to decide on interest rates.
The FTSE 100 ended the week down 8. 28 points, or 0. 1%, closing at 8,300. 33 on Friday.
Investors' focus over the coming week will be on the European Central Bank as rate-setters in Frankfurt meet on Thursday to decide on monetary policy.
The FTSE 100 ended the week up 21. 31 points, or 0. 26%, closing at 8,308. 61 on Friday.
All eyes over the coming week will be on the release of the "all-important" monthly jobs report in the States at the end of the week.
The FTSE 100 ended the week up 25. 22 points, or 0. 31%, closing at 8,287. 30 on Friday.
Investor focus over the coming holiday-shortened week will be on the latest US inflation data and their potential implications for Federal Reserve policy.
The FTSE 100 ended the week up 198. 47 points, or 2. 46%, closing at 8,262. 08 on Friday.
The FTSE 100 ended the week down 8. 78%, or 0. 11%, closing at 8,063. 61 on Friday.
Investors' focus over the following week would be on US consumer prices and the country's central bank, the Federal Reserve.
The FTSE 100 ended the week down 71. 69 points, or 0. 87%, closing at 8,177. 15 on Friday.