The Week Ahead On The Markets
The Week Ahead
Read about upcoming market-moving events and plan your trading week
Week commencing 25 March
Chris Beauchamp's insight
After the central bank action of last week, this week is quieter, with mostly second-tier data such as durable goods orders and US consumer confidence. Kingfisher, Ocado and ASOS are key companies to watch for this week for UK investors.
Economic reports
- Weekly view
Monday
12.30pm – US Chicago Fed index (February): index expected to fall to -0.9. Markets to watch: USD crosses
3pm – US new home sales (February): expected to rise 3% MoM. Markets to watch: USD crosses
11.30pm – Australian Westpac consumer confidence (March): index expected to fall to 84.6. Markets to watch: AUD crosses
Tuesday
7am – German GfK consumer confidence (April): previous reading -29. Markets to watch: EUR crosses
12.30pm – US durable goods orders (February): orders forecast to rise 1.7% MoM. Markets to watch: USD crosses
2pm – US consumer confidence (March): index expected to hold at 106.7. Markets to watch: USD crosses
Wednesday
3.30pm – US EIA crude oil inventories (w/e 22 March): preceding week saw stockpiles fall by 1.95 million barrels. Markets to watch: Brent, WTI
Thursday
8.55am – German unemployment data (March): rate to rise to 6%. Markets to watch: EUR crosses
12.30pm – US initial jobless claims (w/e 23 March): claims expected to rise to 212K from 210K. Markets to watch: USD crosses
1.45pm – US Chicago PMI (March): index forecast to rise to 45. Markets to watch: USD crosses
2pm – US pending home sales (February): sales expected to rise 2.7% MoM. Markets to watch: USD crosses
11.30pm – Japan unemployment rate (February): expected to hold at 2.4%. Markets to watch: JPY crosses
Friday
Good Friday – US, UK and German Markets closed
1.30pm – US PCE price index (February): prices expected to rise 0.4% MoM from 0.3%, and 2.4% YoY, in line with last month. Markets to watch: US indices, USD crosses
3.30pm – Fed chair Powell speaks. Markets to watch: USD crosses
Company announcements
|
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
Full-year earnings |
Kingfisher |
Flutter, John Wood Group, AG Barr, Fevertree |
EnQuest | ||
Half/ Quarterly earnings |
Carnival |
Smiths Group, Bellway |
Nanoco, H&M |
Walgreens Boots Alliance | |
Trading update* |
Pennon, Pets at Home |
Ocado | ASOS |
Dividends
FTSE 100: Smith & Nephew, Taylor Wimpey, Melrose, Prudential, M&G
FTSE 250: Moneysupermarket.com, Travis Perkins, Volution, Ithaca Energy, Primary Health Properties
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 25 March |
Tuesday 26 March |
Wednesday 27 March |
Thursday 28 March |
Friday 29 March |
Monday 1 April |
FTSE 100 | 4.70 | |||||
Australia 200 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.2 | |||
Wall Street | ||||||
US 500 | 0.63 | 0.16 | 0.02 | 0.15 | ||
Nasdaq | 1.15 | 0.17 | 1.62 | |||
Netherlands 25 | 0.25 | |||||
EU Stocks 50 | ||||||
China H-Shares | ||||||
Singapore Blue Chip | ||||||
Hong Kong HS50 | ||||||
South Africa 40 | 190 | |||||
Italy 40 | ||||||
Japan 225 | 266.4 |
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