Company Announcements Week Commencing 2nd October 2017
Monday 2nd –
(Trading update) (UK) Daily Mail & General
Tuesday 3rd –
(Trading Update) (UK) Greggs, Electrocomponents.
Wednesday 4th –
(Trading Update) Topps Tiles.
(Half/Quarterly) Tesco.
Thursday 5th –
(Trading Update) Ferrexpo, BAE Systems.
Friday 6th –
(Trading Update) Easyjet.
Ex- Dividends This Week
100 – Smith & Nephew, Aviva, Kingfisher, WPP, Next, British Land.
250 – DS Smith, Unite, Bodycote, Rightmove, SIG, Synthomer, Hastings, Balfour Beatty, James Fisher, Hays, AG Barr, AA.
Economic Reports
Monday 2nd –
10am – eurozone unemployment (August): rate expected to fall to 9% from 9.1%
3pm – US ISM mfg PMI (September): forecast to drop sharply, to 52.4 from 58.8, with hurricanes likely to have had an effect.
Tuesday 3rd –
9.30am – UK construction PMI (September): expected to rise to 51.4 from 51.1.
Wednesday 4th –
9.30am – UK services PMI (September): expected to fall to 53 from 53.2.
1.15pm – US ADP employment report (September): 186,000 jobs expected to have been created, from 237K a month earlier.
3.30pm – US EIA crude oil inventories (w/e/ 29 September): previous reading saw a drop of 1.85 million barrels.
Thursday 5th –
1.30pm – US trade balance (August), initial jobless claims (w/e 30 September): trade deficit expected to increase to $45 billion, while 236K claims expected.
Friday 6th –
1.30pm – US non-farm payrolls (September): 165K jobs expected, from 156K a month earlier, while unemployment rate expected to rise to 4.5% from 4.4%, while average hourly earnings forecast to rise 0.2% MoM from 0.1% in August.