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 1 April
Chris Beauchamp's insight
Another shortened week lies ahead, though the quiet start gives way to a busier period with the release of the monthly US payrolls data, as well as the ISM purchasing managers indices (PMIs) in the US and the Caixin PMIs in China. Eurozone inflation will also be worth watching as the European Central Bank (ECB) edges closer to rate cuts in the summer. Corporate data is almost non-existent, but US earnings season is just around the corner, starting on 14 April.
Economic reports
- Weekly View
Monday
Easter Monday – UK, French & German markets closed
2.45 am – China Caixin manufacturing PMI (March): index to rise to 51 from 50.9. Markets to watch: CNH crosses
3pm – US ISM manufacturing index (March): index expected to rise to 48.3 from 47.8. Markets to watch: USD crosses
Tuesday
1.30 am – Australia RBA meeting minutes. Markets to watch: AUD crosses
1 pm – German inflation (March, preliminary): YoY rate to slow to 2.4% from 2.5% and MoM to rise to 0.7% from 0.4%. Markets to watch: EUR crosses
Wednesday
2.45 am – China Caixin services PMI (March): index to fall to 52 from 52.5. Markets to watch: CNH crosses
10 am – eurozone inflation (March): prices are expected to rise 2.6% YoY and 0.9% MoM, from 2.6% and 0.6% respectively. Core CPI to rise 2.8% YoY from 3.1%. Markets to watch: eurozone indices, EUR crosses
1.15 pm – US ADP employment report (March): payrolls are expected to rise by 125K, from 140K last month. Markets to watch: USD crosses
3 pm – US ISM services PMI (March): index forecast to fall to 52.4 from 52.6. Markets to watch: USD crosses
3.30 pm – US EIA crude oil inventories (w/e 29 March): stockpiles rose by 3.2 million barrels in the preceding week. Markets to watch: Brent, WTI
Thursday
1.30 pm – US initial jobless claims (w/e 30 March) Markets to watch: USD crosses
Friday
1.30 pm – US non-farm payrolls (March): payrolls to rise by 200K from 275K last month, and the unemployment rate to hold at 3.9%. Average hourly earnings to rise 0.3% MoM and 4.1% YoY, from 0.1% MoM and 4.3%. Markets to watch: US indices, USD crosses
1.30 pm – Canada employment report (March): unemployment rate to hold at 5.8%. Markets to watch: CAD crosses
3 pm – Canada Ivey PMI (March): index to fall to 51.6 from 53.9. Markets to watch: CAD crosses
Company announcements
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Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
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Full-year earnings |
Hilton Food | ||||
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Half/ Quarterly earnings |
Conagra Brands | ||||
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Trading update* |
Topps Tiles |
Dividends
FTSE 100: InterContinental Hotels, Mondi, IMI, Rentokil, Smiths Group
FTSE 250: Hammerson, RIT Capital, Domino's Pizza, Empiric Student Property, OSB, Breedon, Direct Line, Games Workshop
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 1 April |
Tuesday 2 April |
Wednesday 3 April |
Thursday 4 April |
Friday 5 April |
Monday 8 April |
| FTSE 100 | 2.23 | |||||
| Australia 200 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |||
| Wall Street | 2.6 | 12.1 | 4.4 | |||
| US 500 | 0.15 | 0.25 | 0.64 | 0.02 | 0.08 | 0.75 |
| Nasdaq | 1.62 | 2.14 | 0.11 | 0.33 | ||
| Netherlands 25 | ||||||
| EU Stocks 50 | 3.2 | |||||
| China H-Shares | 4.4 | |||||
| Singapore Blue Chip | 0.95 | |||||
| Hong Kong HS50 | 8.2 | 1.6 | ||||
| South Africa 40 | 125.8 | |||||
| Italy 40 | ||||||
| Japan 225 |
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