The Week Ahead On The Markets
The Week Ahead
Read about upcoming market-moving events and plan your trading week
Week commencing 28 March
Chris Beauchamp’s insight
This week sees the release of the monthly non-farm payroll report in the US, along with the private sector ADP report. This provides at least some relief from the relentless focus on inflation. Chinese PMIs are also ones to watch this week, along with the US ISM manufacturing report. Earnings are quiet, but Bellway in the UK provides a focus for housebuilders, while H&M’s first quarter update will put the spotlight on retailers in Europe.
Economic reports
- Weekly view
Monday
None
Tuesday
12.30am – Japan unemployment rate (February): expected to hold at 2.8%. Markets to watch: JPY crosses
7am – German consumer confidence (April): expected to fall to -24. Markets to watch: EUR crosses
3pm – US consumer confidence (March): index to fall to 108. Markets to watch: USD crosses
Wednesday
1pm – German CPI (March): expected to rise 5.5% YoY from 5.1% and 0.8% MoM from 0.9%. Markets to watch: EUR crosses
1.15pm – US ADP employment report (March): 400K jobs expected to have been created, from 475K last month. Markets to watch: US indices, USD crosses
3.30pm – US EIA crude oil inventories (w/e 25 March): stockpiles fell by 2.5 million barrels in the previous week. Markets to watch: Brent, WTI
Thursday
2.30am – China mfg & non-mfg PMI (March): mfg index to fall to 49.1, into contraction territory, while non-mfg drops to 50.2, just inside the expansion zone. Markets to watch: China indices, CNH crosses
10am – eurozone unemployment (February): rate to fall to 6.7%. Markets to watch: EUR crosses
1.30pm – US initial jobless claims (w/e 26 March), personal spending & income (February): claims to ….. Personal spending to rise 0.6% and income to rise 0.5%. Markets to watch: USD crosses
2.45pm – US Chicago PMI (March): index to fall to 55.2. Markets to watch: USD crosses
Friday
2.45am – China Caixin mfg PMI (March): index to fall to 49.1 from 50.4. Markets to watch: China indices, CNH crosses
10am – eurozone CPI (March, flash): prices to rise 6.5% YoY from 5.9%. Markets to watch: EUR crosses
1.30pm – US non-farm payrolls (March): 450K jobs expected to have been created, from 678K, while the unemployment rate falls to 3.7%. Average hourly earnings to rise 0.4% MoM. Markets to watch: US indices, USD crosses
3pm – US ISM mfg PMI (March): index to drop back to 58.5. Markets to watch: US indices, USD crosses
Company announcements
|
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
Full-year earnings |
|
AG Barr | Provident Financial | ||
Half/ Quarterly earnings
|
Bellway, Micron Technology |
Bowleven |
H&M, Walgreens Boots Alliance |
Sodexo | |
Trading update |
|
Electrocomponents |
Dividends
FTSE 100: Smith & Nephew, InterContinental Hotels, Taylor Wimpey, Phoenix Group
FTSE 250: Moneysupermarket.com, RIT Capital, Travis Perkins, Hammerson, ConvaTec, ContourGlobal, Games Workshop, Primary Health Properties
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 28 March |
Tuesday 29 March |
Wednesday 30 March |
Thursday 31 March |
Friday 1 April |
Monday 4 April |
FTSE 100 | 2.33 | |||||
Australia 200 | 0.5 | 0.7 | ||||
Wall Street | 9.1 | |||||
US 500 | 0.48 | 0.30 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.73 | |
Nasdaq | 0.53 | 0.29 | 3.03 | |||
Netherlands 25 | 0.26 | |||||
EU Stocks 50 | ||||||
China H-Shares | ||||||
Singapore Blue Chip | ||||||
Hong Kong HS50 | 2.1 | |||||
South Africa 40 | 131.3 | |||||
Italy 40 | ||||||
Japan 225 | 236.11 |
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