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 5 February
Chris Beauchamp's insight
We are now into the second half of earnings season, with many of the big names behind us. McDonald’s, Ford and Disney are released this week, while in the UK BP, Unilever and AstraZeneca are major reports to watch. Economic data is mostly second-tier, though a rate decision in Australia and Chinese consumer price index (CPI) will be potential drivers of activity.
Economic reports
- Weekly View
Monday
1.45 am – China Caixin services PMI (January): index expected to hold at 52.9. Markets to watch: China indices, CNH crosses
3 pm – US ISM services PMI (January): index to rise to 52 from 50.6. Markets to watch: US indices, USD crosses
Tuesday
3.30 am – Reserve Bank of Australia rate decision: rates forecast to hold at 4.35%. Markets to watch: AUD crosses
9.30 am – UK construction PMI (January): activity forecast to improve but remain in contraction territory, with the index rising to 48.2 from 46.8. Markets to watch: GBP crosses
3 pm – Canada Ivey PMI (January): index forecast to fall to 55.8 from 56.3. Markets to watch: CAD crosses
Wednesday
3.30 pm – US EIA crude oil inventories (w/e 2 February): inventories rose by 1.2 million barrels in the preceding week. Markets to watch: Brent, WTI
Thursday
1.30 am – China CPI (January): prices are expected to rise 0.1% MoM and 0.2% YoY. Markets to watch: China indices, CNH crosses
1.30 pm – US initial jobless claims (w/e 3 February): claims expected to rise to 227K from 224K. Markets to watch: US indices, USD crosses
Friday
1.30 pm – Canada employment data (January): unemployment rate to rise to 6% from 5.8%. Markets to watch: CAD crosses
Company announcements
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Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
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Full-year earnings |
AstraZeneca, Unilever, British American Tobacco |
Hermes | |||
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Half/ Quarterly earnings |
McDonald’s, Palantir |
BP, UBS, Spotify, Snap, Ford, Chipotle, Hertz |
Barratt Developments, PZ Cussons, ARM, TotalEnergies, Walt Disney, Uber, PayPal |
Siemens, Societe Generale, Credit Agricole, Under Armor |
PepsiCo |
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Trading update* |
Vodafone | SSE | Bellway |
Dividends
FTSE 100: None
FTSE 250: Bluefield solar, Octopus Renewables, GCP Infrastructure Investments, LXi REIT, Target 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 5 February |
Tuesday 6 February |
Wednesday 7 February |
Thursday 8 February |
Friday 9 February |
Monday 12 February |
| FTSE 100 | ||||||
| Australia 200 | 0.1 | 1.9 | ||||
| Wall Street | 0.8 | 14.4 | 1.6 | |||
| US 500 | 0.14 | 0.07 | 0.63 | 0.50 | 0.03 | 0.78 |
| Nasdaq | 0.71 | 1.62 | 2.20 | 0.43 | ||
| Netherlands 25 | ||||||
| EU Stocks 50 | 5.0 | |||||
| China H-Shares | ||||||
| Singapore Blue Chip | 0.29 | 0.07 | 0.28 | |||
| Hong Kong HS50 | ||||||
| South Africa 40 | ||||||
| Italy 40 | ||||||
| Japan 225 |
* Please note these can change without notice
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