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The Week Ahead

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

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Week commencing 21 February

Chris Beauchamp’s insight

The week begins quietly with a holiday in the US, but flash PMIs from around the globe will provide important updates on the economic recovery. US durable goods orders and consumer sentiment are other key events on the economic side, while in the UK plenty of full year results are released, including from major banks Lloyds and Barclays and miners Rio Tinto and Anglo American.

 

Economic reports

 

  • Weekly view

Monday

Presidents Day – US markets closed

8.15am – 9am – French, German, eurozone PMIs (February, flash): readings expected to remain broadly above 50, i.e. in expansion territory. Markets to watch: eurozone indices, EUR crosses

9.30am – UK PMIs (February, flash): mfg to fall to 56.3 and services to fall to 54. Markets to watch: FTSE 100/250, GBP crosses

Tuesday

9am – German IFO index (February): business climate index to rise to 96.6. Markets to watch: EUR crosses

2.45pm – US PMIs (February, flash): mfg to fall to 54.4 and services to rise to 51.4. Markets to watch: USD crosses

3pm – US consumer confidence (February): index to fall to 110 from 113. Markets to watch: USD crosses

Wednesday

7am – German consumer confidence (March): index to rise to -4. Markets to watch: EUR crosses

Thursday

1.30pm – US GDP (Q4, 2nd estimate), initial jobless claims (w/e 19 February), Chicago Fed activity index (January): GDP to rise 7% QoQ, and claims to rise to 224K. Chicago Fed index to rise to 0.25. Markets to watch: USD crosses

3pm – US new home sales (January): expected to fall 0.1% MoM. Markets to watch: USD crosses

4pm – US EIA crude oil inventories (w/e 18 February). Markets to watch: Brent, WTI

Friday

1.30pm – US durable goods orders, personal income & spending (January): durable goods orders to rise 0.5%, and personal income to fall 0.3%. Personal spending to rise 0.6%. Markets to watch: USD crosses

3pm – US consumer sentiment (February, final), pending home sales (January): index to fall to 61.7, sales to fall 1% MoM. Markets to watch: USD crosses

 

Company announcements

 

 

Monday
21 February

Tuesday
22 February

Wednesday
23 February

Thursday
24 February

Friday
25 February

Full-year earnings

 

Smith & Nephew,
Hargreaves Lansdown

Metro Bank,
Barclays,
Rio Tinto

Rolls Royce,
Lloyds,
Aston Martin Lagonda,
St James’s Place,
Centrica,
BAE Systems,
Anglo American,
Rathbone

Pearson,
IAG,
Rightmove

Half/ Quarterly earnings

 

Dechra Pharmaceuticals

Macy’s,
Home Depot

 

HP,
Moderna,
Dell

 

Trading update

 

 

Ted Baker

 

 

 

 

Dividends

FTSE 100: Diageo, GlaxoSmithKline, AstraZeneca, Unilever

FTSE 250: Dunelm, Redrow, Witan Inv Trust

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
21 February
Tuesday
22 February
Wednesday
23 February
Thursday
24 February
Friday
25 February
Monday
28 February
FTSE 100  

 

19.78      
Australia 200 4.1 2.1 41.1 2.4 7.0 1.2
Wall Street     6.5 4.6 9.1 13.2
US 500 0.06 0.02 0.45 0.48 0.37 0.13
Nasdaq 0.23   1.58 0.24   0.04
Netherlands 25     1.03      
EU Stocks 50           0.1
China H-Shares            
Singapore Blue Chip            
Hong Kong HS50         4.3  
South Africa 40   597.4        
Italy 40            
Japan 225       13.1    

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