The Week Ahead
Read about upcoming market-moving events and plan your trading week
Week commencing 6 February
Chris Beauchamp's insight
After the excitement of last week, things calm down somewhat, but we still have the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) meeting, plus Chinese consumer price index (CPI) and UK gross domestic product (GDP). Meanwhile, after the big tech earnings of last week, which were a distinctly mixed bag, this week we have numbers from BP, British American Tobacco, Disney and Uber.
Economic reports
- Monday
- Tuesday
- Wednesday
- Thursday
- Friday
- Weekly view
3pm – Canada Ivey PMI (January): expected to rise to 34 from 33.4. Markets to watch: CAD crosses
3.30am – RBA rate decision: rates expected to rise 20bps to 3.3%. Markets to watch: AUD crosses
1.30pm – US trade balance (December): deficit to widen to $68.5 billion. Markets to watch: USD crosses
3.30pm – US EIA crude oil inventories (w/e 3 February): stockpiles rose by 2.6 million barrels in the preceding week. Markets to watch: Brent, WTI
1.30pm – US initial jobless claims (w/e 4 February): claims to rise to 189K from 183K. Markets to watch: USD crosses
1.30am – China CPI (January): prices to rise 2% YoY and 0.6% MoM, from 1.8% and 0% respectively. Markets to watch: CNH crosses
7am – UK GDP (Q4): YoY rate to weaken to -0.1% from 1.9%, and QoQ to rise to 0.1% from -0.3%. Markets to watch: GBP crosses
1.30pm – Canada unemployment rate (January): expected to rise to 5.2%. Markets to watch: CAD crosses
3pm – US Michigan consumer confidence index (February): expected to rise to 65 from 64.9. Markets to watch: USD crosses
Monday
3pm – Canada Ivey PMI (January): expected to rise to 34 from 33.4. Markets to watch: CAD crosses
Tuesday
3.30am – RBA rate decision: rates expected to rise 20bps to 3.3%. Markets to watch: AUD crosses
1.30pm – US trade balance (December): deficit to widen to $68.5 billion. Markets to watch: USD crosses
Wednesday
3.30pm – US EIA crude oil inventories (w/e 3 February): stockpiles rose by 2.6 million barrels in the preceding week. Markets to watch: Brent, WTI
Thursday
1.30pm – US initial jobless claims (w/e 4 February): claims to rise to 189K from 183K. Markets to watch: USD crosses
Friday
1.30am – China CPI (January): prices to rise 2% YoY and 0.6% MoM, from 1.8% and 0% respectively. Markets to watch: CNH crosses
7am – UK GDP (Q4): YoY rate to weaken to -0.1% from 1.9%, and QoQ to rise to 0.1% from -0.3%. Markets to watch: GBP crosses
1.30pm – Canada unemployment rate (January): expected to rise to 5.2%. Markets to watch: CAD crosses
3pm – US Michigan consumer confidence index (February): expected to rise to 65 from 64.9. Markets to watch: USD crosses
Company announcements
|
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
Full-year earnings |
Micro Focus | Unilever, AstraZeneca, British American Tobacco |
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Half/ Quarterly earnings |
BP, Hertz, Chipotle |
Barratt, SocGen, Disney, Uber, Under Armour |
Redrow, PepsiCo, Lyft |
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Trading update |
SSE | Severn Trent | Bellway |
Dividends
FTSE 100: None
FTSE 250: Virgin Money, GCP Infrastructure, Impax, Target Healthcare
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 6 February |
Tuesday 7 February |
Wednesday 8 February |
Thursday 9 February |
Friday 10 February |
Monday 13 February |
| FTSE 100 | ||||||
| Australia 200 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 2.3 | |||
| Wall Street | 13.8 | 1.5 | 14.0 | |||
| US 500 | 0.07 | 0.13 | 0.63 | 0.84 | 0.63 | 0.50 |
| Nasdaq | 0.38 | 1.04 | 2.46 | 0.09 | 1.26 | |
| Netherlands 25 | 1.01 | |||||
| EU Stocks 50 | 4.2 | |||||
| China H-Shares | ||||||
| Singapore Blue Chip | 0.06 | 0.29 | 0.27 | |||
| Hong Kong HS50 | ||||||
| South Africa 40 | ||||||
| Italy 40 | ||||||
| Japan 225 |
* Dividend adjustments due to be posted on a bank holiday will usually be posted on the previous working day
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