The Week Ahead On The Markets
The Week Ahead
Read about upcoming market-moving events and plan your trading week
Week commencing 14 February
Chris Beauchamp’s insight
UK data takes centre stage with CPI, employment data and retail sales. In addition, US PPI will also be worth watching. After the latest US CPI figure this week’s Fed minutes might not add anything else, especially given how some regional Fed chiefs have issued statements on the outlook for rates. Earnings season in the US is winding down, but Standard Chartered and Natwest earnings mark the beginning of reporting season for UK banks.
Economic reports
- Weekly view
Monday
11.50pm – Japan GDP (Q4, preliminary): 5.8% YoY and 1.4% QoQ growth expected. Markets to watch: JPY crosses
Tuesday
7am – UK employment data: January claimant count to fall by 40,000, unemployment rare to hold at 4.1% for December. Markets to watch: GBP crosses
10am – German ZEW index (February): index to rise to 55.1. Markets to watch: EUR crosses
1.30pm – US PPI (January), Empire state mfg index (February): prices to rise 0.2% MoM and index to rise to 3.5. Markets to watch: USD crosses
Wednesday
1.30am – China CPI (January): prices to rise 1.2% YoY and 0.5% MoM. Markets to watch: CNH crosses
7am – UK CPI (January): prices to rise 5.4% YoY and fall 0.1% MoM. Core CPI to rise 4.2% YoY. Markets to watch: GBP crosses
1.30pm – US retail sales (January): sales to rise 1.7% MoM. Markets to watch: USD crosses
1.30pm – Canada CPI (January): YoY CPI to hit 4.9% and MoM to rise to 0.1%. Markets to watch: CAD crosses
3.30pm – US EIA crude oil inventories (w/e 11 February): stockpiles fell by 4.8 million barrels in the preceding week. Markets to watch: Brent, WTI
7pm – FOMC minutes: these will reflect the likelihood of a rate rise at the next meeting in March. Markets to watch: US indices, USD crosses
Thursday
12.3am – Australia employment (January): unemployment rate to hold at 4.3%. Markets to watch: AUD crosses
1.30pm – US initial jobless claims (w/e 12 February), Philadelphia Fed mfg index (February): claims rose to 223K in the preceding week. Markets to watch: USD crosses
11.30pm – Japan CPI (January): prices to rise 0.9% YoY. Markets to watch: JPY crosses
Friday
7am – UK retail sales (January): sales to rise 2.9% MoM. Markets to watch: GBP crosses
3pm – US existing home sales (January): sales to rise 0.1% MoM. Markets to watch: USD crosses
3pm – eurozone consumer confidence (February, flash): index to rise to -6. Markets to watch: EUR crosses
Company announcements
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Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
Full-year earnings |
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Standard Chartered, |
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Half/ Quarterly earnings
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Heineken, |
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Trading update |
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Dividends
FTSE 100: Imperial Brands, Pershing Square, BP, Shell
FTSE 250: NCC, Hipgnosis Songs Fund, Beazley
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
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Monday 14 February |
Tuesday 15 February |
Wednesday 16 February |
Thursday 17 February |
Friday 18 February |
Monday 21 February |
FTSE 100 |
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9.88 | ||||
Australia 200 | 0.5 | 10.6 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 1.4 |
Wall Street | 9.4 | 4.1 | 13.0 | 7.0 | ||
US 500 | 0.51 | 0.60 | 0.64 | 0.65 | 0.06 | |
Nasdaq | 3.03 | 0.60 | 0.25 | 0.23 | ||
Netherlands 25 | 0.88 | |||||
EU Stocks 50 | 0.5 | |||||
China H-Shares | ||||||
Singapore Blue Chip | 0.31 | |||||
Hong Kong HS50 | ||||||
South Africa 40 | ||||||
Italy 40 | 2.1 | |||||
Japan 225 |
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