Daily Stock Market Report (Fri 20 Dec 2024) - SOM, HEAD, MOS

Good morning!
The flow of news has reduced to a trickle and this is likely to be a very brief report.
9.50am: as there is nothing else of interest, I'm hanging up my pen here for today. See you on Monday!

Explanatory notes
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