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Week commencing 12 January
Chris Beauchamp insight
UK trading statement season and the start of the Q4 reporting season mean it will be a busy week for equities and investors. Housebuilders, Whitbread and UK star Games Workshop all report, while in the US banks provide a snapshot of their performance and the broader US economy. Meanwhile, US inflation will drive the macro narrative as the next Fed decision looms.
Economic reports
- Monday
- Tuesday
- Wednesday
- Thursday
- Friday
- Weekly view
11.30pm (London time) – Australia Westpac consumer confidence (January): previous reading 94.5. Markets to watch: AUD crosses
1.30pm (London time) – US CPI (December): previous reading saw inflation at 2.7% YoY, and core CPI at 2.6% YoY. Markets to watch: US indices, USD crosses
3pm (London time) – US new home sales (September & October): sales expected to have risen 1.4% in October. Markets to watch: US indices, USD crosses
3am (London time) – China trade data (December): exports rose 5.9% in November. Markets to watch: CNH crosses
1.30pm (London time) – US PPI (October & November), retail sales (November): November PPI expected to be 0.3% MoM. Retail sales to rise 0.1%. Markets to watch: USD crosses
3pm (London time) – US existing home sales (December): forecast to rise 0.3% MoM. Markets to watch: USD crosses
3.30pm (London time) – US EIA crude oil inventories (w/e 9 January): stockpiles fell by 3.8 million barrels in the preceding week. Markets to watch: Brent, WTI
7am (London time) – UK GDP (November): 3-month average expected to hold at -0.1%. Markets to watch: GBP crosses
9am (London time) – Germany full-year GDP (2026): growth expected to be 0.2%. Markets to watch: eurozone indices, EUR crosses
1.30pm (London time) – US initial jobless claims (w/e 10 January), NY Empire State manufacturing index (January). Markets to watch: US indices, USD crosses
None
Monday
11.30pm (London time) – Australia Westpac consumer confidence (January): previous reading 94.5. Markets to watch: AUD crosses
Tuesday
1.30pm (London time) – US CPI (December): previous reading saw inflation at 2.7% YoY, and core CPI at 2.6% YoY. Markets to watch: US indices, USD crosses
3pm (London time) – US new home sales (September & October): sales expected to have risen 1.4% in October. Markets to watch: US indices, USD crosses
Wednesday
3am (London time) – China trade data (December): exports rose 5.9% in November. Markets to watch: CNH crosses
1.30pm (London time) – US PPI (October & November), retail sales (November): November PPI expected to be 0.3% MoM. Retail sales to rise 0.1%. Markets to watch: USD crosses
3pm (London time) – US existing home sales (December): forecast to rise 0.3% MoM. Markets to watch: USD crosses
3.30pm (London time) – US EIA crude oil inventories (w/e 9 January): stockpiles fell by 3.8 million barrels in the preceding week. Markets to watch: Brent, WTI
Thursday
7am (London time) – UK GDP (November): 3-month average expected to hold at -0.1%. Markets to watch: GBP crosses
9am (London time) – Germany full-year GDP (2026): growth expected to be 0.2%. Markets to watch: eurozone indices, EUR crosses
1.30pm (London time) – US initial jobless claims (w/e 10 January), NY Empire State manufacturing index (January). Markets to watch: US indices, USD crosses
Friday
None
Company announcements
| Monday 12 Jan |
Tuesday 13 Jan |
Wednesday 14 Jan |
Thursday 15 Jan |
Friday 16 Jan |
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| Full-year earnings | Oxford Nanopore Technologies PLC | Safestore Holdings PLC | |||
| Half/ Quarterly earnings | JPMorgan Chase & Co Delta Air Lines Inc |
Games Workshop Group PLC Bank of America Corp Wells Fargo & Co Citigroup Inc |
Goldman Sachs Group Inc BlackRock Inc Morgan Stanley |
State Street Corp | |
| Trading update | PageGroup PLC IntegraFin Holdings PLC |
Hunting PLC Persimmon PLC Whitbread PLC Trustpilot Group PLC Atalaya Mining PLC Grafton Group PLC |
Hays PLC Pearson PLC Vistry Group PLC |
Dunelm Group PLC Ashmore Group PLC Rathbone Brothers PLC Taylor Wimpey PLC |
Dividends
FTSE 100: Diploma PLC, Compass Group PLC, Next PLC (16 Jan special dividend)
FTSE 250: Grainger PLC, Foresight Group Holdings Ltd, Future PLC, AJ Bell Limited
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 12-Jan |
Tuesday 13-Jan |
Wednesday 14-Jan |
Thursday 15-Jan |
Friday 16-Jan |
Monday 19-Jan |
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| FTSE 100 | 2.49 | |||||
| Australia 200 | ||||||
| Wall Street | 9.3 | |||||
| US 500 | 0.13 | 0.14 | 0.18 | 0.49 | 0.23 | |
| Nasdaq | 1.67 | |||||
| Netherlands 25 | 0.1 | |||||
| EU Stocks 50 | 2.5 | |||||
| China H-Shares | 7.0 | |||||
| Singapore Blue Chip | ||||||
| Hong Kong HS50 | ||||||
| South Africa 40 | 28.4 | |||||
| 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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