Following last week's sell-off of stocks globally, stockmarkets have recovered somewhat this week. In the US, Wall Street looks set to rise for the sixth straight day in a row, as the dollar bounces off three-year lows against the euro. This dollar has weakened to $1.25, levels not seen since December 2014. Concerns over inflation and higher interest rates seem not to have too many investors worried, as they continue to drive on stock markets in the last week.

Glanbia will announce final-year results for 2017 next Wednesday. The food and nutrition company, which has a significant business in the US, has seen its share price fall 11% over the last year. Over the past week the share price has recovered from €14 and was trading at around €14.72 in Friday's trade.

Kerry Group will announce its results for 2017 on Tuesday. The group has seen its share price rise 26% over the last year. In the past week, the share price has increased from €85 to €86.65 in trading on Friday. Shares touched off €95 at the end of December, following the announcement that Kerry Group expects strong growth in the coming years.

Shares in Greencore are more or less unchanged in the past week, trading at around £1.92 on Friday. However, there has been a lot of volatility in the week and this figure fell below £1.84 for a time on Thursday. Shares are down 22% on the year, but have recovered from lows of £1.80 hit in October.

Aryzta shares fell below €19 this week, a near 10-year low for the company. The group, which owns the Cuisine de France brand, is struggling to turn itself around and has recently started to dispose non-core assets. It is expected that the road ahead will be long and bumpy. Two weeks ago it announced the sale of its US bakery Cloverhill business, for significantly less than the $390m predicted (€319m). According to US regulatory filings it sold for just €20m. It is expected that it will also sell its 49% stake in French premium frozen food company Picard, by the end of this year.

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