Week ahead: Bank of England, euro area services PMIs in focus
3rd May 2024 13:04
(Sharecast News) - Investors' focus over the coming week would shift back to the UK as rate-setters met to decide on monetary policy.
The Bank of England was widely expected to hold Bank Rate steady at its meeting on Thursday.
Not lost on investors however was the fact that the previous Friday's softer-than-expected non-farm payrolls numbers out of the US gave the Old Lady on Threadneedle Street more latitude to cut short-term interest rates if it so desired.
GDP data for March due out on the following day would provide further information as to the outlook for an expected recovery in the back half of 2022.
Euro area services sector purchasing managers survey results for April would do much the same but for the single currency area.
Chinese foreign trade numbers for April and the University of Michigan's preliminary consumer confidence survey results for May were also keenly awaited.
Those data points were due out on Thursday and Friday, respectively.
Central bankers Down Under were also due to meet to decide on policy, come Tuesday.
Monday 06 May
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
PMI Composite (EU) (09:00)
PMI Composite (GER) (08:55)
PMI Services (EU) (09:00)
PMI Services (GER) (08:55)
Producer Price Index (EU) (10:00)
AGMS
Fair Oaks Income Limited 2021 Shs NPV
Tuesday 07 May
INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
Begbies Traynor Group, Manchester & London Investment Trust, Volution Group
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
Balance of Trade (GER) (07:00)
Consumer Credit (US) (20:00)
Factory Orders (GER) (07:00)
Retail Sales (EU) (10:00)
FINALS
Arecor Therapeutics , Arecor Therapeutics , Ebiquity
ANNUAL REPORT
Pebble Beach Systems Group
SPECIAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
Pinewood Technologies Group
AGMS
Caledonia Mining Corporation (DI), CPP Group, Foxtons Group , Just Group, Macfarlane Group, Temple Bar Inv Trust
TRADING ANNOUNCEMENTS
IWG
UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
BRC Sales Monitor (00:01)
Halifax House Price Index (07:00)
PMI Construction (09:30)
FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
Mobius Investment Trust , Nexus Infrastructure , The Pebble Group, Thungela Resources Limited NPV (DI)
Q1
BP, Jyske Bank A/S , Maxcyte (DI)
Wednesday 08 May
INTERIMS
Virgin Money UK
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
Crude Oil Inventories (US) (15:30)
Industrial Production (GER) (07:00)
MBA Mortgage Applications (US) (12:00)
Wholesales Inventories (US) (15:00)
FINALS
Alliance Pharma, Boohoo Group, Brighton Pier Group (The), Cornerstone FS
AGMS
Abrdn Asian Income Fund Limited NPV, AIREA, Antofagasta, Bradda Head Lithium Limited NPV (DI), Deltex Medical Group, DFI Retail Group Holdings Limited (Sing.Reg), Direct Line Insurance Group, GSK, Haleon , Hongkong Land Holding Ltd. (Sing.Reg), Jardine Matheson Holdings Ltd (Singapore Reg), Mandarin Oriental International (Singapore), Pershing Square Holdings Ltd NPV, Rentokil Initial, WPP, X5 Retail Group NV GDR (Reg S)
TRADING ANNOUNCEMENTS
OSB Group , Renishaw
FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
Melrose Industries, Personal Group Holdings
Q1
Nova Ljubljanska Banka D.D., Ljubljana GDR (Reg S)
Thursday 09 May
INTERIM EX-DIVIDEND DATE
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (DI), Fidelity Special Values, Focusrite, Gresham Technologies, Tracsis
QUARTERLY EX-DIVIDEND DATE
Chenavari Toro Income Fund Limited NPV, Custodian Property Income Reit, Picton Property Income Ltd
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
Continuing Claims (US) (13:30)
Initial Jobless Claims (US) (13:30)
GMS
Catenai, Corcel
FINALS
Airtel Africa
SPECIAL EX-DIVIDEND DATE
Admiral Group, Custodian Property Income Reit, HSBC Holdings, Sylvania Platinum Ltd (DI)
AGMS
BAE Systems, Balfour Beatty, Barclays, Barclays, CAB Payments Holdings, Clarkson, FBD Holdings (CDI), Genel Energy, Harbour Energy , Inchcape, Indivior, Irish Continental Group Units (Comp) (CDI), Jupiter Fund Management , Logistics Development Group, Man Group, Morgan Advanced Materials , OSB Group , Public Policy Holding Company, Inc.(DI), Rathbones Group, RM, Robinson, Spire Healthcare Group, Synthomer, The Gym Group, Uniphar (CDI), Wood Group (John)
TRADING ANNOUNCEMENTS
Balfour Beatty, Wood Group (John)
UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
BoE Interest Rate Decision (12:00)
FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
Domino's Pizza Group, F&C Investment Trust, Grafton Group Ut (CDI), Travis Perkins
FINAL EX-DIVIDEND DATE
Admiral Group, Aurora Investment Trust, Bank of Ireland Group (CDI), Barr (A.G.), Bellevue Healthcare Trust (Red), Centaur Media, Clarkson, CVC Income & Growth Limited NPV Euro, CVC Income & Growth Limited NPV GBP, Epwin Group, Headlam Group, Ibstock , Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller Companies Inv Trust, Lancashire Holdings Limited, LSL Property Services, M&C Saatchi, Macfarlane Group, Midwich Group, One Media IP Group, Petershill Partners , Reach, SThree
Q1
Wheaton Precious Metals Corp.NPV (CDI)
Friday 10 May
QUARTERLY PAYMENT DATE
Tufton Oceanic Assets Limited NPV
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
U. of Michigan Confidence (Prelim) (US) (15:00)
ANNUAL REPORT
Clean Power Hydrogen, Maintel Holdings
SPECIAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
Somero Enterprises Inc. (DI)
AGMS
Cairn Homes (CDI), Derwent London, Diversified Energy Company , HUTCHMED (China) Limited, IRISH RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES REIT P IRISH RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES ORD SHS, Kenmare Resources (CDI), Rightmove, Serinus Energy NPV, Standard Chartered, Wheaton Precious Metals Corp.NPV (CDI)
TRADING ANNOUNCEMENTS
S4 Capital
UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
Balance of Trade (07:00)
GDP (Preliminary) (07:00)
Gross Domestic Product (07:00)
Index of Services (07:00)
Industrial Production (07:00)
Manufacturing Production (07:00)
FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
AIB Group (CDI), Alpha Group International, Antofagasta, Hammerson, Hunting, International Personal Finance, Johnson Service Group, Kerry Group 'A' Shares (CDI), Moneysupermarket.com Group, Schroder Asian Total Return Investment Company , Serco Group, Smurfit Kappa Group (CDI), Somero Enterprises Inc. (DI), Taylor Wimpey
Q1
International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (CDI)