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 29 May
Chris Beauchamp's insight
A quieter week lies ahead for the most part, though US job numbers on Friday provide the potential for some volatility. But with the debt ceiling now nearly reached, investors will be watching to see if US politicians can sort a deal before the 1 June ‘X Day’.
Economic reports
- Weekly view
Monday
UK, US, German and French bank holiday
Tuesday
3pm – US consumer confidence (May): index to weaken to 100 from 101.3 Markets to watch: USD crosses
Wednesday
2.30am – China mfg & non-mfg PMI (May): mfg index to rise to 49.8 and non-mfg to fall to 55. Markets to watch: China indices, CNH crosses
8.55am – German unemployment (May): unemployment rate to hold at 5.6%. Markets to watch: EUR crosses
1pm – German CPI (May, preliminary): prices to rise 0.4% MoM and 6.7% YoY, from 0.4% and 7.2% respectively. Markets to watch: EUR crosses
1.30mp – Canada GDP (Q1): QoQ rate to rise to 0.5% from 0%. Markets to watch: CAD crosses
2.45pm – US Chicago PMI (May): index to fall to 47.3. Markets to watch: USD crosses
3pm – US JOLTS job openings (April): openings to fall to 9.2 million from 9.59 million. Markets to watch: USD crosses
Thursday
2.45am – China Caixin mfg PMI (May): index to rise to 50 from 49.5, back into expansion territory. Markets to watch: CNH crosses
10am – eurozone inflation (May, flash), unemployment rate (April): inflation to slow to 6.5% from 7% YoY. Unemployment to hold at 6.5%. Markets to watch: EUR crosses
1.15pm – US ADP employment report (May): 200K jobs expected to have been created, from 296K a month earlier. Markets to watch: US indices, USD crosses
1.30pm – US initial jobless claims (w/e 27 May): Markets to watch: US indices, USD crosses
3pm – US ISM mfg PMI (May): index to fall to 47 from 47.1. Markets to watch: US indices, USD crosses
4pm – US EIA crude oil inventories (w/e 26 May): Markets to watch: Brent, WTI
Friday
1.30pm – US non-farm payrolls (May): payrolls to fall to 180K from 253K, and unemployment rate to rise to 3.5% from 3.4%. Average hourly earnings to rise 4.4% YoY and 0.4% MoM. Markets to watch: US indices, USD crosses
Company announcements
Dividends
FTSE 100: Informa, Assoc. British Foods, Sage, Scottish Mortgage Inv Trust, National Grid, Severn Trent
FTSE 250: Keller, Hill & Smith, Marshalls, Centamin, Hilton Food, JTC, Alliance Trust, LondonMetric Property, Great Portland Estates, Law Debenture Corp
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 29 May |
Tuesday 30 May |
Wednesday 31 May |
Thursday 1 June |
Friday 2 June |
Monday 5 June |
| FTSE 100 | 6.91 | |||||
| Australia 200 | 0.0 | 0.3 | ||||
| Wall Street | 4.6 | 30.3 | 12.3 | |||
| US 500 | 0.28 | 0.88 | 0.76 | 0.25 | 0.07 | 0.12 |
| Nasdaq | 0.28 | 1.03 | 1.75 | 0.44 | 0.61 | 0.04 |
| Netherlands 25 | 0.28 | 0.43 | ||||
| EU Stocks 50 | 6.4 | |||||
| China H-Shares | 0.3 | 0.8 | 2.0 | 0.4 | ||
| Singapore Blue Chip | ||||||
| Hong Kong HS50 | 0.6 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 1.6 | ||
| South Africa 40 | ||||||
| Italy 40 | ||||||
| Japan 225 |
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