Friday preview: JD Wetherspoon, Luminar...

10th Mar 2011 17:34

Leisure moves centre stage tomorrow with updates from pub group JD Wetherspoon and night club operator Luminar. Wetherspoon has made a big move into pre-opening time business with coffee and breakfast but this could hit margins reckons broker Peel Hunt. It expects interim profits and £32m (decline of 21%) and EPS of 15.8p (decline of 10%). Floor coverings group Headlam's profits could reach £24.5m from £23.3m in the prior year. UK LFL sales grew by 0.4% for the year.Good news may be in short supply from club group Luminar after it reported LFL sales slumped 19.4% for the 12 weeks to 6 January. Much of tomorrow's focus will be on its debt position and if the group is bumping up to its covenant limits. Paving stones group Marshalls' full-year results are tipped to show a 4% increase in group sales to £323m and pre-tax profits of just shy of £10m.Friday March 11INTERIMSJD WetherspoonINTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATEAmati VCT 2, Murgitroyd GroupQUARTERLY PAYMENT DATECarnivalINTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTSConsumer Prices Index (GER) (08:00)Retail Sales (US) (13:30)University of Michigan Consumer Confidence (US) (14:55)UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTSProducer Prices Index (10:30)TSLuminarFINALSAga Rangemaster Group, Headlam Group, MarshallsANNUAL REPORTTHB GroupAGMSHyundai Motor Co GDR (Reg S), KT Corp. ADR, Northern AIM VCT, SK Telecom Co Ltd. ADS, Throgmorton TrustFINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATEImpax Asset Management Group, New Europe Property Investments, Pressure Technologies, Sage Group