The Week Ahead On The Markets
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The Week Ahead
Read about upcoming market-moving events and plan your trading week
Week commencing 4 April
Chris Beauchamp’s insight
The first full week of April begins in a quieter fashion, and even the Fed minutes this week might not provide much news, given the amount of commentary from committee members since then. While the RBA is set to leave rates unchanged, any discussion around potential policy will be of note for AUD pairs. It is a sparse earnings calendar this week, but things will become busier from next week onwards as the next US earnings season gets underway. FTSE traders should be aware of the sizeable slab of 100 and 250 members going ex-dividend this week.
Economic reports
- Weekly view
Monday
7am – German trade balance (February). Markets to watch: EUR crosses
Tuesday
5.30am – RBA rate decision: rates expected to remain at 0.1%. Markets to watch: AUD crosses
1.30pm – US trade balance (February): deficit to fall to $87 billion. Markets to watch: USD crosses
3pm – US ISM non-mfg PMI (March): index to rise to 58 from 56.5. Markets to watch: USD crosses
Wednesday
3pm – Canada Ivey PMI (March): expected to rise to 61 from 60.6. Markets to watch: CAD crosses
3.30pm – US EIA crude oil inventories (w/e 1 April): stockpiles fell by 3.5 million in the previous week. Markets to watch: Brent, WTI
7pm – FOMC minutes: these will cover the discussion around the first rate rise since 2018 and the outlook for more. Markets to watch: US indices, USD crosses
Thursday
1.30pm – US initial jobless claims (w/e 2 April): claims to rise to 205K. Markets to watch: USD crosses
Friday
6am – Japan consumer confidence (March): index to fall to 34. Markets to watch: JPY crosses
1.30pm – Canada employment report (March): employment rare to hold at 5.5%. Markets to watch: CAD crosses
Company announcements
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Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
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Full-year earnings |
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Hilton Foods | |||
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Half/ Quarterly earnings
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DX Group |
Conagra, Constellation Brands |
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Trading update |
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Homeserve, Moonpig |
Topps Tiles, Lookers |
Dividends
FTSE 100: DS Smith, Barratt Developments, Smurfit Kappa, Lloyds, Howden Joinery, Abrdn, Aviva, Mondi PLC, Melrose, Rentokil, Smiths Group
FTSE 250: Grafton, IMI, Man, Vistry, Direct Line, Domino’s Pizza, Quilter, Savills, TP Icap, Harbour Energy, Softcat, Int’l Public Partnerships, Rotork
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 4 April |
Tuesday 5 April |
Wednesday 6 April |
Thursday 7 April |
Friday 8 April |
Monday 11 April |
| FTSE 100 | 9.34 | |||||
| Australia 200 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |||
| Wall Street | 9.1 | 7.6 | ||||
| US 500 | 0.73 | 0.02 | 0.06 | 0.33 | ||
| Nasdaq | 3.03 | 0.06 | 0.33 | |||
| Netherlands 25 | ||||||
| EU Stocks 50 | 2.0 | 3.0 | ||||
| China H-Shares | ||||||
| Singapore Blue Chip | 6.8 | |||||
| Hong Kong HS50 | ||||||
| South Africa 40 | 226.4 | |||||
| Italy 40 | ||||||
| Japan 225 |
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