The Week Ahead On The Markets
Week commencing 13 May
Chris Beauchamp's insight
US inflation, particularly consumer price index (CPI), will be the main events of the week, though the UK employment data and German ZEW will also be worth monitoring. Key earnings this week include Vodafone in the UK, and Siemens in Europe, plus Walmart in the US.
Economic reports
- Weekly view
Monday
2.30am – Australia NAB business confidence (April): index expected to rise to 2 from 1. Markets to watch: AUD crosses
Tuesday
7am – UK employment data: March unemployment rate to hold at 4.2%, average earnings forecast to rise 5.9% for the three months to March (excl. bonus). Markets to watch: GBP crosses
10am – German ZEW index (May): index forecast to rise to 45 from 42.9. Markets to watch: EUR crosses
1.30pm – US PPI (April): prices expected to rise 0.2% MoM and 2.2% YoY, from 0.2% and 2.1% respectively. Markets to watch: USD crosses
Wednesday
1.30pm – US CPI (April): prices forecast to rise 0.3% MoM and 3.5% YoY, from 0.4% and 3.5% respectively. Core CPI to rise 0.3% from 0.4% MoM and 3.7% from 3.8% YoY. Markets to watch: US indices, USD crosses
3.30pm – US EIA crude oil inventories (w/e 10 May): previous week saw stockpiles fall by 1.36 million barrels. Markets to watch: Brent, WTI
Thursday
12.50am – Japan GDP (Q1, preliminary): QoQ rate forecast to be 0.1% and YoY 0.3%, from 0.1% and 0.4%. Markets to watch: JPY crosses
2.30am – Australia employment data (April): unemployment rate expected to rise to 3.9% from 3.8%. Markets to watch: AUD crosses
1.30pm – US initial jobless claims (w/e 11 May): claims expected to rise by 225K, from 231K. Markets to watch: USD crosses
Friday
3am – China industrial production & retail sales (April): production expected to rise 4.8% from 4.5%, and sales to rise 3.2% from 3.1%. Markets to watch: CNH crosses
Company announcements
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Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
Full-year earnings |
Vodafone, BooHoo |
Burberry |
BT, United Utilities |
Land Securities | |
Half/ Quarterly earnings |
Flutter Entertainment, Home Depot |
Imperial Brands, Compass, TUI, ThyssenKrupp, Cisco |
Sage, Grainger, Siemens, Walmart |
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Trading update* |
Greggs |
Dividends
FTSE 100: Pershing Square, Bunzl, Kingfisher, Tesco, Unilever, Whitbread, GSK, Shell, BP
FTSE 250: Murray Income Trust, RHI Magnesita, Spectris, PageGroup, Balfour Beatty, Essentra
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.
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Monday 13 May |
Tuesday 14 May |
Wednesday 15 May |
Thursday 16 May |
Friday 17 May |
Monday 20 May |
FTSE 100 | ||||||
Australia 200 | 0.2 | 0.5 | ||||
Wall Street | 4.9 | 36.0 | 8.1 | |||
US 500 | 0.78 | 1.01 | 1.11 | 0.21 | 0.45 | 0.14 |
Nasdaq | 1.11 | 2.85 | 3.37 | 0.20 | 0.29 | 0.32 |
Netherlands 25 | 0.13 | 2.74 | 0.2 | |||
EU Stocks 50 | 1.0 | 5.9 | 0.2 | 6.6 | 7.1 | |
China H-Shares | 5.5 | |||||
Singapore Blue Chip | ||||||
Hong Kong HS50 | 4.7 | 2.4 | 16.0 | 2.7 | ||
South Africa 40 | 40.2 | |||||
Italy 40 | 502.1 | |||||
Japan 225 |
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