The Week Ahead On The Markets
The Week Ahead
Read about upcoming market-moving events and plan your trading week
Week commencing 30 August
Chris Beauchamp’s insight
The end of the August holiday period sees the return of more important economic data, including the monthly US job surveys, the ADP and NFP reports. The NFP report is expected to show a slowdown in job growth, but at a still-strong pace, while the ADP report is forecast to show an increase in job creation. Other key data include Chinese PMI figures for August and US ISM PMIs for the same month. Earnings news is still quiet, but UK retailer Superdry and housebuilder Barratt Developments report full-year numbers. Video
Economic reports
- Weekly view
Monday
UK bank holiday – UK markets closed
1pm – Germany CPI (August, preliminary): prices to rise 4.3% YoY. Markets to watch: EUR crosses
3pm – US new home sales (July): sales fell 1.9% in June. Markets to watch: USD crosses
Tuesday
2am – China mfg & non-mfg PMI (August): July mfg reading 50.4 and non-mfg reading 53.3. Markets to watch: China indices, CNH crosses
8.55am – German unemployment (August): expected to hold at 5.7%. Markets to watch: EUR crosses
10am – eurozone inflation (August, flash): prices to rise 2.5% YoY and stay flat MoM, with core CPI rising 1.1% YoY. Markets to watch: EUR crosses
2.45pm – US Chicago PMI (August): index to fall to 69.8. Markets to watch: USD crosses
3pm – US consumer confidence (August): index to rise to 124. Markets to watch: USD crosses
Wednesday
2.45am – China mfg PMI (August): previous reading 50.3. Markets to watch: China indices, CNH crosses
1.15pm – US ADP employment report (August): 575K expected to have been created, from 330K. Markets to watch: US indices, USD crosses
3pm – US ISM mfg PMI (August): index to rise to 59.1. Markets to watch: USD crosses
3.30pm – US EIA crude oil inventories (w/e 27 August): stockpiles fell by 3 million barrels in the previous week. Markets to watch: Brent, WTI
Thursday
1.30pm – US trade balance (July), initial jobless claims (w/e 28 August): trade deficit to narrow to $75.1 billion, and claims to fall to 340K. Markets to watch: US indices, USD crosses
Friday
2.45am – China Caixin services PMI (August): previous reading 54.9. Markets to watch: China indices, CNH crosses
1.30pm – US non-farm payrolls (August): 763K jobs expected to have been created, from 943K in the previous month. Unemployment rate to fall to 5.2% from 5.4%. Markets to watch: US indices, USD crosses
3pm – US ISM non-mfg PMI (August): index to rise to 63. Markets to watch: USD crosses
Company announcements
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Trading update |
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Dividends
FTSE 100: Melrose Industries (31 August), Glencore, Admiral, BHP Group, Antofagasta
FTSE 250: Redde Northgate, Alliance Trust, Rathbone Brothers, Convatec, Centamin, Savills, Clarkson, PageGroup, Quilter, Genuit, Londonmetric, Grafton Group
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 30 August |
Tuesday 31 August |
Wednesday 1 September |
Thursday 2 September |
Friday 3 September |
Monday 6 September |
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FTSE 100 |
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13.91 (12.62) | ||||
Australia 200 | 0.4 | 4.6 | 35.0 | 1.0 | 2.3 | 2.8 |
Wall Street | 21.7 | 10.9 | ||||
US 500 | 0.52 | 0.30 | 0.72 | 0.11 | 0.14 | |
Nasdaq | 0.95 | 0.81 | 1.57 | 0.11 | 0.06 | |
Netherlands 25 | 0.14 | |||||
EU Stocks 50 | 0.6 | |||||
China H-Shares | 2.2 | 6.3 | 4.2 | |||
Singapore Blue Chip | 0.19 | |||||
Hong Kong HS50 | 2.7 | 29.9 | 2.7 | 14.0 | ||
South Africa 40 | 533.4 | |||||
Italy 40 | ||||||
Japan 225 |
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