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The Week Ahead

Read about upcoming market-moving events and plan your trading week

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Week commencing 7 February

Chris Beauchamp’s insight

Key events this week include the monthly US CPI figure and the first reading on UK GDP for the final quarter of 2021. In addition, we get updates from pharmaceutical firms Pfizer, AstraZeneca and GlaxoSmithKline, along with Disney and Uber.

 

Economic reports

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Monday

1.45am – China Caixin services PMI (January): index to fall to 51. Markets to watch: China indices, CNH crosses

Tuesday

12.30am – Australia NAB business confidence (January): index was -12 in December. Markets to watch: AUD crosses

1.30pm – US trade balance (December): deficit to rise to $82 billion. Markets to watch: USD crosses

11.30pm – Australia Westpac consumer confidence (February): previous reading 102.2. Markets to watch: AUD crosses

 

Wednesday

7am – German trade balance (December): surplus to fall to €10.8 billion. Markets to watch: EUR crosses

3.30pm – US EIA crude oil inventories (w/e 4 February): stockpiles fell by 1 million barrels in the previous week. Markets to watch: Brent, WTI

 

Thursday

1.30pm – US CPI (January), initial jobless claims (w/e 5 February): prices to rise 7.2% YoY and 0.4% MoM. Core CPI to rise 5.9% and 0.5% respectively. Claims to fall to 230K from 238K. Markets to watch: US indices, USD crosses

Friday

7am – UK GDP (Q4, preliminary): growth to be 6.6% YoY and 1.2% QoQ. Markets to watch: GBP crosses

3pm – US Michigan consumer confidence (February, preliminary): index to rise to 67.5. Markets to watch: USD crosses

 

 

Company announcements

 

 

Monday
7 February

Tuesday
8 February

Wednesday
9 February

Thursday
10 February

Friday
11 February

Full-year earnings   Micro Focus,
Ocado,
BNP Paribas
Smurfit Kappa,
Akzo Nobel
RELX,
AstraZeneca,
Unilever,
Beazley,
Credit Suisse,
Zurich,
ThyssenKrupp
Under Armour
Half/ Quarterly earnings

 

Hasbro TUI,
Lyft,
Peloton,
Pfizer,
Chipotle
Dunelm,
Barratt Developments,
GlaxoSmithKline,
PZ Cussons,
Walt Disney,
Uber,
Yum! Brands
Ashmore,
Redrow,
Pepsico,
Coca-Cola,
Twitter,
Philip Morris
 
Trading update          

 

 

Dividends

FTSE 100: None

FTSE 250: Virgin Money, Endeavour Mining, Greencoat UK Wnd, LXi, Renewables Infrastructure Group

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
7 February
Tuesday
8 February
Wednesday
9 February
Thursday
10 February
Friday
11 February
Monday
14 February
FTSE 100  

 

       
Australia 200   0.1 0.1   0.1 1.7
Wall Street     23.5   12.8 9.4
US 500 0.04 0.57 0.71 0.15 0.34 0.51
Nasdaq   0.42 1.80 0.17 1.29  
Netherlands 25            
EU Stocks 50       4.0    
China H-Shares            
Singapore Blue Chip 0.05     0.40    
Hong Kong HS50            
South Africa 40            
Italy 40            
Japan 225            

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