The Week Ahead On The Markets
The Week Ahead
Read about upcoming market-moving events and plan your trading week
Week commencing 4 October
Joshua Mahony’s insight
The week ahead brings a continued focus on energy markets, with OPEC kick starting proceedings on Monday. Central banks come back into focus, with the RBA rate decision on Tuesday. The focus then shifts towards the US, with employment data starting on Wednesday and culminating with Friday’s jobs report release. On the corporate front, Tesco and Levi Strauss provide two particular areas of focus given the potential for commentary around logistics and rising input prices. Video.
Economic reports
- Weekly view
Monday
3pm – US factory orders (August): expected to rise 0.5% MoM. Markets to watch: USD crosses
All day – OPEC meeting: expected to add another 400,000 bpd to output for November despite $80 crude. Markets to watch: USD crosses
Tuesday
5.30am – RBA rate decision: no change in rates expected. Markets to watch: AUD crosses
8.50am – 9.30am – French, German, eurozone, UK PMIs (September, final). Markets to watch: eurozone indices, EUR crosses, GBP crosses
1.30pm – US trade balance (August): deficit to narrow to $69.6 billion. Markets to watch: USD crosses
3pm – US ISM non-mfg PMI (September): expected to fall to 61.3. Markets to watch: USD crosses
Wednesday
9.30am – UK construction PMI (September): forecast to fall to 54.9 from 55.2. Markets to watch: GBP crosses
1.15pm -US ADP employment report (September): 475K jobs expected to have been created, from 374K last month. Markets to watch: US indices, USD crosses
3.30pm – US crude oil inventories (w/e 1 October) – previous week saw stockpiles rise by 4.58 million barrels. Markets to watch: Brent, WTI
Thursday
1.30pm – US initial jobless claims (w/e 2 October): claims to fall to 348K from 362K. Markets to watch: USD crosses
3pm – Canada Ivey PMI (September): August reading 66. Markets to watch: CAD crosses
Friday
2.45am – China Caixin services PMI (September): index to rise to 49, remaining in contraction territory. Markets to watch: China indices, CNH crosses
1.30pm – US non-farm payrolls (September): payrolls to rebound to 500K from 235K, while the unemployment rate falls to 5.1% from 5.2%. Markets to watch: US indices, USD crosses
1.30pm – Canada employment report (September): unemployment rate to fall to 7%. Markets to watch: CAD crosses
Company announcements
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Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
Full-year earnings |
James Halstead | Hotel Chocolat | |||
Half/ Quarterly earnings |
Pepsico |
Tesco, Allied Minds, Constellation Brands, Levi Strauss |
Conagra Brands |
Electrocomponents, Tiscali |
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Trading update |
Greggs |
Topps Tiles, Imperial Brands |
easyJet, CMC Markets |
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Dividends
FTSE 100: DS Smith, Taylor Wimpey, Kingfisher
FTSE 250: Weir, Spectris, Bodycote, Morgan Sindall, Murray Int’l Trust, Synthomer, Vistry
Dividends are applied after the close of the previous day’s session for each market. So, for example, the FTSE 100 goes ex-dividend on a Thursday, but the adjustment is applied at the close of the previous day, e.g. Wednesday. The table below shows the days in which the adjustment is applied, not the ex-dividend days.
Index adjustments
Monday 4 October |
Tuesday 5 October |
Wednesday 6 October |
Thursday 7 October |
Friday 8 October |
Monday 11 October |
|
FTSE 100 |
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1.23 | ||||
Australia 200 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |||
Wall Street | 6.6 | 7.0 | ||||
US 500 | 0.50 | 0.02 | 1.02 | 0.07 | ||
Nasdaq | 1.21 | 0.25 | ||||
Netherlands 25 | ||||||
EU Stocks 50 | 0.7 | |||||
China H-Shares | ||||||
Singapore Blue Chip | ||||||
Hong Kong HS50 | ||||||
South Africa 40 | ||||||
Italy 40 | ||||||
Japan 225 |
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