Daily Stock Market Report (Mon 30 Dec 2024)

Good morning! 
The markets are open today, but it's looking like another quiet one as the festive lull continues. 
We'll keep this post open for comments and will take a look at those companies that have issued news today.
Our 12 stocks of Christmas series is also continuing. These are stocks we're feeling positive about heading into 2025 - here's a list of the companies covered so far:
GarminInternational Personal FinanceImpax Asset Management CharacterMONY

Explanatory notes
A quick reminder that we don’t recommend any shares. We aim to review trading updates amp; results of the day and offer our opinions on them as possible candidates for further research if they interest you. Our opinions will sometimes turn out to be right, and sometimes wrong, because it's anybody's guess what direction market sentiment will take amp; nobody can predict the future with certainty. We are analysing the company fundamentals, not trying to predict market sentiment.
We stick to companies that have issued news on the day. We usually avoid the smallest, and most speculative companies, although if something is newsworthy and interesting, we'll try to comment on it. Please bear in mind the "list of companies reporting" is precisely that -...