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Week commencing 21 October
Chris Beauchamp's insight
Economic reports
- Monday
- Tuesday
- Wednesday
- Thursday
- Friday
- Weekly view
None
None
2.45pm (London time) – Bank of Canada decision: rates expected to fall to 4%. Markets to watch: CAD crosses
3pm (London time) – US existing home sales (September): sales forecast to fall 1.6% MoM, from a 2.5% drop in August. Markets to watch: USD crosses
3.30pm (London time) – US EIA crude oil inventories (w/e 18 October): previous week saw stockpiles fall by 2.19 million barrels. Markets to watch: Brent, WTI
1.30am (London time) – Japan PMI (October, flash): previous readings were 49.7 for manufacturing and 53.1 for services. Markets to watch: JPY crosses
8.30am (London time) – German PMI (October, flash): manufacturing PMI expected to rise to 41 from 40.6. Markets to watch: EUR crosses
9.30am (London time) – UK PMI (October, flash): manufacturing PMI expected to rise to 51.7 from 51.5, and services PMI to rise to 52.7 from 52.4. Markets to watch: GBP crosses
1.30pm (London time) – US initial jobless claims (w/e 19 October), Chicago Fed index (September): claims rose to 241K in the preceding week, and Chicago Fed index forecast to rise to 0.2 from 0.12. Markets to watch: US indices, USD crosses
2.45pm (London time) – US PMI (October, flash): manufacturing expected to rise to 47.6 from 47.3, while services PMI edges down to 55 from 55.2. Markets to watch: US indices, USD crosses
3pm (London time) – US new home sales (September): sales forecast to fall 2.2% MoM, from -4.7% last month. Markets to watch: USD crosses
9am (London time) – German IFO index (October): index forecast to rise to 85.5 from 85.4. Markets to watch: EUR crosses
1.30pm (London time) – US durable goods orders (September): orders expected to rise 0.2% MoM overall from 0%, and 0.2% excluding transportation orders, from 0.5%. Markets to watch: USD crosses
Monday
None
Tuesday
None
Wednesday
2.45pm (London time) – Bank of Canada decision: rates expected to fall to 4%. Markets to watch: CAD crosses
3pm (London time) – US existing home sales (September): sales forecast to fall 1.6% MoM, from a 2.5% drop in August. Markets to watch: USD crosses
3.30pm (London time) – US EIA crude oil inventories (w/e 18 October): previous week saw stockpiles fall by 2.19 million barrels. Markets to watch: Brent, WTI
Thursday
1.30am (London time) – Japan PMI (October, flash): previous readings were 49.7 for manufacturing and 53.1 for services. Markets to watch: JPY crosses
8.30am (London time) – German PMI (October, flash): manufacturing PMI expected to rise to 41 from 40.6. Markets to watch: EUR crosses
9.30am (London time) – UK PMI (October, flash): manufacturing PMI expected to rise to 51.7 from 51.5, and services PMI to rise to 52.7 from 52.4. Markets to watch: GBP crosses
1.30pm (London time) – US initial jobless claims (w/e 19 October), Chicago Fed index (September): claims rose to 241K in the preceding week, and Chicago Fed index forecast to rise to 0.2 from 0.12. Markets to watch: US indices, USD crosses
2.45pm (London time) – US PMI (October, flash): manufacturing expected to rise to 47.6 from 47.3, while services PMI edges down to 55 from 55.2. Markets to watch: US indices, USD crosses
3pm (London time) – US new home sales (September): sales forecast to fall 2.2% MoM, from -4.7% last month. Markets to watch: USD crosses
Friday
9am (London time) – German IFO index (October): index forecast to rise to 85.5 from 85.4. Markets to watch: EUR crosses
1.30pm (London time) – US durable goods orders (September): orders expected to rise 0.2% MoM overall from 0%, and 0.2% excluding transportation orders, from 0.5%. Markets to watch: USD crosses
Company announcements
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Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
Full-year earnings |
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Half/ Quarterly earnings |
SAP | General Motors, Verizon | Lloyds, Deutsche Bank, IBM, Boeing, Coca-Cola, Tesla | Barclays, Intel, Dow Chemical, UPS | |
Trading update* |
Babcock | InterContinental Hotels Group PLC - ADR | Reckitt Benckiser, WPP | Bunzl, Dunelm, Unilever, Travis Perkins |
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Dividends
FTSE 100: BAE Systems
FTSE 250: Morgan Advanced Materials, Marshalls, Foresight Solar, Kier, Bankers Inv Trust, JD Wetherspoon, Games Workshop
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
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Monday 21 October |
Tuesday 22 October |
Wednesday 23 October |
Thursday 24 October |
Friday 25 October |
Monday 28 October |
| FTSE 100 | 1.52 | |||||
| Australia 200 | 0.4 | 0 | ||||
| Wall Street | ||||||
| US 500 | 0.03 | 0.1 | 0.05 | 0.01 | ||
| Nasdaq | 0.03 | 0.21 | ||||
| Netherlands 25 | 0.08 | 0.23 | ||||
| EU Stocks 50 | 0.9 | |||||
| China H-Shares | ||||||
| Singapore Blue Chip | ||||||
| Hong Kong HS50 | 1.5 | 0.7 | ||||
| South Africa 40 | ||||||
| Japan 225 |
* Please note these can change without notice
1 Dividend adjustments due to be posted on a bank holiday will usually be posted on the previous working day
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