The Week Ahead On The Markets
The Week Ahead
Read about upcoming market-moving events and plan your trading week. Week commencing 2 August
Joshua Mahony’s insight
Another busy week ahead, with both economic and corporate earnings playing a significant role in driving volatility as we move through the week. Central banks will once again be in focus as the RBA and BoE release their latest rate decisions, while the week ends with the latest US jobs report.
On the corporate front, earnings data from the likes of HSBC, BP, Fresnillo, and Taylor Wimpey bring updates across a wide spectrum of the economy. In the US, keep an eye out for data from Uber, Virgin Galactic, and Moderna. Week ahead video.
Economic reports
- Weekly view
Monday
2.45am – China Caixin mfg PMI (July): index to fall to 51.1. Markets to watch: China indices, CNH crosses
6am – Japan consumer confidence (July): June reading 37.4. Markets to watch: JPY crosses
3pm – US ISM mfg PMI (July): index to fall to 60.5. Markets to watch: USD crosses
Tuesday
5.30am – RBA rate decision: no change in rates expected. Markets to watch: AUD crosses
Wednesday
2.45am – China Caixin services PMI (July): index to rise to 50.4. Markets to watch: CNH crosses
1.15pm – US ADP employment report (July): 692,000 jobs created in the previous reading. Markets to watch: USD crosses
3pm – US ISM non-mfg PMI (July): index to rise to 30.2. Markets to watch: USD crosses
3.30pm – US EIA crude oil inventories (w/e 30 July): previous inventories figure came in at -4.1 million. Markets to watch: Crude and CAD crosses.
Thursday
9.30am – UK construction PMI (July): expected to fall to 62.5. Markets to watch: GBP crosses
12pm – BoE rate decision: no change in policy expected. Markets to watch: GBP crosses
1.30pm – US trade balance (June), initial and continuing jobless claims (w/e 31 July): trade deficit to narrow to $63 billion, initial claims expected to fall to 370k from 400k. Continuing claims forecast to fall to 3150k from 3269k. Markets to watch: US indices, USD crosses
Friday
1.30pm – US non-farm payrolls (June): payrolls expected to rise to 926K from 850K, while the unemployment rate falls to 5.7% from 5.9%. Markets to watch: US indices, USD crosses
1.30pm – Canada employment report (July): 20,000 jobs expected to have been lost. Markets to watch: CAD crosses
3pm – Canada Ivey PMI (July): index to fall to 70 from 71.9. Markets to watch: CAD crosses
Company announcements
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Dividends
FTSE 100: Unilever, Reckitt Benckiser
FTSE 250: Avon, CMC Markets, Tyman, Games Workshop, FDM Group, Man, Tritax, GCP Infrastructure Investments
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 2 August |
Tuesday 3 August |
Wednesday 4 August |
Thursday 5 August |
Friday 6 August |
Monday 9 August |
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FTSE 100 |
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8.10 | ||||
Australia 200 | 0.10 | 1.26 | 0.14 | |||
Wall Street | 2.3 | 1.4 | 10.8 | |||
US 500 | 0.05 | 0.31 | 0.57 | 0.32 | ||
Nasdaq | 1.55 | 2.55 | 0.39 | |||
Netherlands 25 | 0.10 | 1.26 | 0.14 | |||
EU Stocks 50 | ||||||
China H-Shares | ||||||
Singapore Blue Chip | 0.64 | 0.36 | ||||
Hong Kong HS50 | ||||||
South Africa 40 | ||||||
Italy 40 | ||||||
Japan 225 |
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