The Week Ahead On The Markets
The Week Ahead
Read about upcoming market-moving events and plan your trading week
Week commencing 22 May
Chris Beauchamp's insight
This week sees the release of UK consumer price index (CPI) and Federal Reserve Bank (Fed) minutes, potentially major drivers for GBP/USD and indeed for many other dollar crosses. Flash purchasing managers index (PMI) on Tuesday will also provide some more insight into the state of the global economy. There is plenty of corporate data too, including Ryanair and Marks & Spencer in the UK, plus the insurer Aviva, while in the US Nvidia and Gap are also worth watching.
Economic reports
- Weekly view
Monday
3pm – eurozone consumer confidence (May, flash): index to rise to -16. Markets to watch: EUR crosses
Tuesday
1.30am – Japan PMI (May, flash): mfg to rise to 50.2, back into expansion territory. Services to rise to 55.9. Markets to watch: Nikkei 225, JPY crosses
8.30am – German PMI (May, flash): mfg to fall to 43.6 and services to rise to 56.6. Markets to watch: eurozone indices, EUR crosses
9am – eurozone PMI (May, flash): Markets to watch: eurozone indices, EUR crosses
9.30am – UK PMI (May, flash): services to rise to 56 and mfg to rise to 48.8. Markets to watch: FTSE 100/250, GBP crosses
2.45pm – US PMI (May, flash): services PMI to fall to 53 and mfg to rise to 50.2. Markets to watch: US indices, USD crosses
3pm – US new home sales (April), Richmond Fed index (May): sales to fall 2%. Richmond Fed index to fall to -15. Markets to watch: US indices, USD crosses
Wednesday
7am – UK CPI (April): prices expected to rise 8.5% YoY from 10.1% in March, and 1% MoM from 0.8% in March. Core CPI to rise 5.7% YoY and 0.8% MoM. Markets to watch: GBP crosses
9am – German IFO index (May): index to fall to 93.2. Markets to watch: EUR crosses
3.30pm – US EIA crude oil inventories (w/e 19 May): stockpiles fell by 127,000 barrels in the previous week. Markets to watch: Brent, WTI
7pm – FOMC minutes: these will look at the Fed’s latest decision to raise rates and potentially reveal further hints about the possible ‘pause’ in policy tightening. Markets to watch: US indices, USD crosses
Thursday
7am – German GfK consumer confidence (June): index to rise to -24. Markets to watch: EUR crosses
1.30pm – US initial jobless claims (w/e 20 May), Chicago Fed index (April), GDP (Q1, 2nd estimate): claims to rise to 245K, Chicago Fed index to rise to 0.2 and GDP expected to be 1.1% QoQ. Markets to watch: US indices
3pm – US pending home sales (April): sales to rise 1.4% MoM. Markets to watch: USD crosses
Friday
7am – UK retail sales (April): sales to rise 0.3% MoM. Markets to watch: GBP crosses
1.30pm – US durable goods orders, PCE price index (April): PCE price index to rise 4.1% YoY and 0.2% MoM, and core PCE to be 0.3% MoM. Durable goods orders to fall 0.9% overall and 0.4% excluding transportation. Markets to watch: USD crosses
Company announcements
|
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
Full-year earnings |
Ryanair, Big Yellow, Wincanton |
Severn Trent, Marks & Spencer, N Brown |
Tate & Lyle, United Utilities, Pets at Home |
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Half/ Quarterly earnings |
Zoom |
Topps Tiles, Toll Bros, Urban Outfitters |
Nvidia, Snowflake, Abercrombie & Fitch |
Gap, Costco, Best Buy |
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Trading update* |
Kier |
Kingfisher, Close Bros, Great Portland Estates, Aviva |
Dividends
FTSE 100: Intertek, Kingfisher, Whitbread, Imperial Brands, DCC
FTSE 250: Spire, IP Group, TI Fluid Systems, Bellway, Diversified Energy Co, Victrex, Grainger, Diploma, Britvic
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 22 May |
Tuesday 23 May |
Wednesday 24 May |
Thursday 25 May |
Friday 26 May |
Monday 29 May |
FTSE 100 | 2.76 | |||||
Australia 200 | 1.0 | 0.3 | ||||
Wall Street | 7.8 | 4.6 | ||||
US 500 | 0.48 | 0.17 | 0.25 | 0.33 | ||
Nasdaq | 0.53 | 0.19 | 0.72 | |||
Netherlands 25 | 0.09 | 0.2 | ||||
EU Stocks 50 | 10.5 | 6.4 | ||||
China H-Shares | 1.6 | 0.3 | ||||
Singapore Blue Chip | 0.11 | |||||
Hong Kong HS50 | 6.6 | 5.7 | 0.6 | |||
South Africa 40 | ||||||
Italy 40 | 349.9 | |||||
Japan 225 |
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