Monday 26 Oct
Trading Statements
WPP Group (WPP)
EU Results: Peugeot (UG), Phillips (PHIA), AXA (AXA)
UK Economic Announcements
09:30 BBA Mortgage Lending Figures
11:00 CBI Industrial Trends Surveys
Intl Economic Announcements
09:30 IFO Business Climate, Current Assessment, Expectations (GER)
14:00 New Homes Sales (US)
Tuesday 27 Oct
Final Results
Quarterly/Half-Year Results
BP (BP.)
Trading Statements
International Personal Finance (IPF), Shoe Zone Ord 1p (SHOE), St James's Place (STJ), Nostrum Oil & Gas (NOG)
US Results: Alibaba Group Holding (BABA), Apple (AAPL), Ford (F), Merck & Co (MRK), Pfizer (PFE), T-Mobile US (TMUS), Twitter (TWTR), UPS (UPS)
UK Economic Announcements
09:30 GDP (Preliminary), Index of Services
Intl Economic Announcements
09:00 M3 Money Supply (EU)
13:00 Consumer Confidence (US)
Wednesday 28 Oct
Quarterly/Half-Year Results
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY), Stagecoach Group (SGC)
Trading Statements
Antofagasta (ANTO), British American Tobacco (BATS), Next (NXT), Standard Life (SL.), Petra Diamonds (PDL)
EU Results: Deutsche Boerse AG (DB1), Heineken (HEIO), Volkswagen AG (VOW3), Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (FCA)
US Results: Amgen Inc (AMGN), Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc (HLT), Marriott International (MAR), Range Resources Corp (RRC)
Intl Economic Announcements
07:00 Balance of Payments, GFK Consumer Confidence (GER)
11:00 MBA Mortgage Applications (US)
14:30 Crude Oil Inventories (US)
18:00 FOMC Interest Rate (US)
Thursday 29 Oct
Quarterly/Half-Year Results
BT Group (BT.), Barclays (BARC), Millennium & Copthorne Hotels (MLC), Royal Dutch Shell (RDSA), Royal Dutch Shell (RDSB), Smith & Nephew (SN.)
Trading Statements
Aviva (AV.), COLT Telecom Group SA (COLT), Kaz Minerals (KAZ), National Express Group (NEX), Playtech Ltd (PTEC), Smith & Nephew (SN.)
EU Results: Deutsche Lufthansa (LHA), Deutsche Bank (DBK), Banco Santander (SAN), Swiss Re (SREN), Bayer (BAYG), Total (TOT), Renault (RNO)
US Results: ConocoPhillips (COP), Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co (GT), LinkedIn (LNKD), MasterCard (MA), Starbucks (SBUX), World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)
Ex-Dividends Bloomberg expects an impact of 2.13pts for UK 100 index
Barratt Developments (BDEV; 10p), Barratt Developments (BDEV; 10.3p), Dechra Pharmaceuticals (DPH; 11.82p), Go-Ahead Group (GOG; 63.4p), ITV (ITV; 1.9 p), Moss Bros Group (MOSB; 1.8p) Mulberry Group (MUL; 5p), Provident Financial (PFG; 39.2p), M&C Saatchi (SAA; 1.61p), Unilever (ULVR; 22.59p)
UK Economic Announcements
(09:30) Consumer Credit, Mortgage Approvals
(11:00) CBI Distributive Trades Surveys
Intl Economic Announcements
08:55 Unemployment Rate (GER)
10:00 Business Climate & Economic Sentiment Indicators (EU)
12:30 GDP (Advance), Initial Jobless Claims, Continuing Claims (US)
14:00 Pending Homes Sales (US)
Friday 30 Oct
Quarterly/Half-Year Results
BG Group (BG.), International Consolidated Airlines Group (IAG), Royal Bank of Scotland Group (RBS)
Trading Statements
Berendsen (BRSN), Elementis (ELM), Pets At Home Group (PETS)
EU Results: Airbus Group SE (AIR), BNP Paribas SA (BNP)
US Results: AbbVie (ABBV), Anheuser-Busch Inbev (ABI), Chevron Corp (CVX), Colgate Palmolive (CL), Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM), Moody's Corp (MCO)
UK Economic Announcements
00:05 GFK Consumer Confidence
09:30 Consumer Confidence
Intl Economic Announcements
10:00 Unemployment Rate (EU)
11:00 International Reserves (EU)
12:30 Personal Consumption Expenditures, Personal Income & Spending (US)
13:45 Chicago PMI (US)