The Week Ahead On The Markets
The Week Ahead
Read about upcoming market-moving events and plan your trading week
Week commencing 13 February
Chris Beauchamp's insight
US and UK consumer price index (CPI) are the key events of the week, the former having global ramifications after the recent non-farm payrolls (NFP) report and hawkish comments from the Federal Reserve (Fed) speakers. Earnings from UK banks such as Barclays and NatWest dominate the week this side of the Atlantic, as earnings season in the US begins to thin out.
Economic reports
- Weekly view
Monday
11.30pm – Australia Westpac consumer confidence (February): index to rise to 85.3. Markets to watch: AUD crosses
11.50pm – Japan GDP (Q4, preliminary): growth to be 0.2% YoY and 0.1% QoQ. Markets to watch: JPY crosses
Tuesday
12.30am – Australia NAB business confidence (January): expected to rise to 1 from -1. Markets to watch: AUD crosses
7am – UK employment data: unemployment rate to rise to 3.8% while average hourly earnings rise 6.4% YoY for December. Markets to watch: GBP crosses
1.30pm – US CPI (January): prices to rise 6.3% YoY from 6.5%, and 0.3% MoM. Core CPI to rise 5.5% YoY, from 5.7%. Markets to watch: USD crosses
Wednesday
7am – UK CPI (January): prices to rise 10.3% YoY and fall 0.3% MoM, from 10.5% and 0.4% respectively. Markets to watch: GBP crosses
1.30pm – US retail sales (January), Empire State mfg index (February): sales to fall 0.6% and mfg index to rise to -24. Markets to watch: USD crosses
3.30pm – US EIA crude oil inventories (w/e 10 February). Markets to watch: Brent, WTI
Thursday
1.30pm – US PPI (January), initial jobless claims (w/e 11 February): claims to rise to 198K. Markets to watch: USD crosses
Friday
7am – UK retail sales (January): sales to fall 1.8% MoM. Markets to watch: GBP crosses
Company announcements
Dividends
FTSE 100: Imperial Brands, Pershing Square, Shell, BP
FTSE 250: Murray Trust, ICG Enterprise Trust, NCC, LXi REIT
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 13 February |
Tuesday 14 February |
Wednesday 15 February |
Thursday 16 February |
Friday 17 February |
Monday 20 February |
FTSE 100 | 12.18 | |||||
Australia 200 | 2.7 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 0.6 | |
Wall Street | 14.0 | 17.6 | 9.9 | 7.4 | ||
US 500 | 0.50 | 1.04 | 0.41 | 0.76 | 0.04 | |
Nasdaq | 1.26 | 4.32 | 0.15 | 0.20 | ||
Netherlands 25 | 1.01 | |||||
EU Stocks 50 | 0.6 | 0.2 | ||||
China H-Shares | ||||||
Singapore Blue Chip | 0.07 | |||||
Hong Kong HS50 | ||||||
South Africa 40 | ||||||
Italy 40 | 2.9 | |||||
Japan 225 |
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