The Week Ahead On The Markets
The Week Ahead
Read about upcoming market-moving events and plan your trading week
Week commencing 5 June
Chris Beauchamp's insight
This week sees decisions from the Australian and Canadian central banks, while China purchasing managers index (PMI), trade and inflation data will provide more information on that economy as slowdown fears accelerate. Corporate news is light, although there is a first-half update from Crest Nicholson and trading statements from British American Tobacco and Foxtons.
Economic reports
- Weekly view
Monday
2.45am – China Caixin services PMI (May): index to fall to 55. Markets to watch: China indices, CNH crosses
3pm – US ISM services PMI (May): index to rise to 52.1 from 51.9. Markets to watch: USD crosses
Tuesday
5.30am – RBA rate decision: rates to hold at 3.85%. Markets to watch: AUD crosses
9.30am – UK construction PMI (May): index to rise from 51.1 to 51.5. Markets to watch: GBP crosses
3pm – Canada Ivey PMI (May): PMI index to fall to 56.5. Markets to watch: CAD crosses
Wednesday
4am – Australia GDP (Q1): QoQ rate to slip to 0.4% from 0.5% and YoY to fall to 2.6% from 2.7%. Markets to watch: AUD crosses
4am – China trade data (May): exports to rise 7% YoY. Markets to watch: CNH crosses
3pm – Bank of Canada rate decision: rates to hold at 4.5%. Markets to watch: CAD crosses
4pm – US EIA crude oil inventories (w/e 2 June). Markets to watch: Brent, WTI
Thursday
1.30pm – US initial jobless claims (w/e 3 June). Markets to watch: US indices, USD crosses
Friday
2.30 – China inflation (May): CPI to rise 0.2% YoY and be flat MoM. PPI to be -2.8% YoY from -3.6%. Markets to watch: CNH crosses
1.30pm – Canada employment rate (May): rate to rise to 5.1%. Markets to watch: CAD crosses
Company announcements
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Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
Full-year earnings |
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Half/ Quarterly earnings |
Ferguson | Crest Nicholson | |||
Trading update* |
British American Tobacco | Foxtons |
Dividends
FTSE 100: Centrica, WPP, J Sainsbury, Compass, Vodafone, Johnson Matthey
FTSE 250: RHI Magnesita, FDM Group, Morgan Adv Materials, Energean, Assura, C&C, AJ Bell, IntegraFin, Edinburgh Investment Trust
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 5 June |
Tuesday 6 June |
Wednesday 7 June |
Thursday 8 June |
Friday 9 June |
Monday 12 June |
FTSE 100 | 7.01 | |||||
Australia 200 | 0.3 | 0.1 | ||||
Wall Street | 6.6 | |||||
US 500 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.49 | 0.12 | 0.18 | |
Nasdaq | 0.04 | 0.10 | 0.52 | 0.50 | ||
Netherlands 25 | 0.43 | |||||
EU Stocks 50 | ||||||
China H-Shares | 0.4 | 12.9 | 11.1 | 4.3 | 5.0 | 1.1 |
Singapore Blue Chip | ||||||
Hong Kong HS50 | 1.6 | 28.5 | 20.2 | 15.4 | 9.1 | 2.1 |
South Africa 40 | ||||||
Italy 40 | ||||||
Japan 225 |
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