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 13 March
Chris Beauchamp's insight
US inflation and then the European Central Bank’s (ECB) meeting are the crucial events this week, and are likely to drive market volatility. Markets are on notice for more hawkish commentary from central banks, while ongoing volatility around bank stocks will potentially continue into this week. Big earnings include German car firms Porsche and Volkswagen, plus UK insurer Prudential and food delivery firm Deliveroo.
Economic reports
- Weekly view
Monday
11.30pm – Australia Westpac consumer confidence (March): index to rise to 79.1. Markets to watch: AUD crosses
Tuesday
7am – UK unemployment data: January unemployment rate to rise to 3.8%, average earnings to rise 6.6% over the previous three months. Markets to watch: GBP crosses
12.30pm – US CPI (February): prices to rise 6.2% YoY from 6.4%, and 0.4% MoM from 0.5%. Core CPI to rise 5.6% YoY and 0.4% MoM, both unchanged from last month. Markets to watch: USD crosses
Wednesday
2am – China industrial production, retail sales, unemployment rate (February): production to increase by 2.6%, and unemployment rate to hold at 5.5%. Markets to watch: CNH crosses
12.30pm – UK budget: the Chancellor will unveil the government’s spending plans. Recent improvements in finances and lower energy prices may provide a more upbeat forecast for the British economy. Markets to watch: GBP crosses
12.30pm – US PPI, retail sales (February): PPI to slow to 0.3% MoM and sales to rise 0.2% from 3%. Markets to watch: USD crosses
2.30pm – US EIA crude oil inventories (w/e 10 March): stockpiles fell by 1.7 million barrels in the previous week. Markets to watch: Brent, WTI
Thursday
12.30am – Australia employment data: unemployment rate to fall to 3.6%. Markets to watch: AUD crosses
12.30pm – US initial jobless claims (w/e 11 March): claims rose to 211K in the previous week. Markets to watch: USD crosses
1.15pm – ECB rate decision: rates to rise 50bps to 3.5%, with the press conference likely to provide guidance on further policy changes. Markets to watch: eurozone indices, EUR crosses
Friday
2pm – US Michigan confidence index (March): expected to edge up to 67.5. Markets to watch: USD crosses
Company announcements
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Dividends
FTSE 100: NatWest, SEGRO, Anglo American, Haleon, CRH
FTSE 250: Crest Nicholson, Spirent, Dunelm, Bellevue Healthcare
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 13 March |
Tuesday 14 March |
Wednesday 15 March |
Thursday 16 March |
Friday 17 March |
Monday 20 March |
| FTSE 100 | 9.98 | |||||
| Australia 200 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1.3 |
| Wall Street | 4.8 | 6.8 | ||||
| US 500 | 0.96 | 0.14 | 0.57 | 0.08 | 0.03 | 0.28 |
| Nasdaq | 1.78 | 1.87 | ||||
| Netherlands 25 | ||||||
| EU Stocks 50 | 1.1 | 0.8 | ||||
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| Singapore Blue Chip | ||||||
| Hong Kong HS50 | 1.0 | |||||
| South Africa 40 | 260.8 | |||||
| Italy 40 | 34.6 | |||||
| Japan 225 | 0.5 |
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