Monday 22 May
Ex-Dividends (Monday's UK 100 dividend impact is 12.5pts)
National Grid 84.4p (Special Dividend & 11-for-12 Share Consolidation)
UK Economic Announcements
00:01 Rightmove House Prices
Intl Economic Announcement
13:30 Chicago Fed (US)
14:00 Leading Economic Index (CN)
Tuesday 23 May
UK Results/Updates: Assura, AVEVA, Big Yellow Group, Cranswick, Entertainment One, Greencore, Homeserve, Nostrum Oil & Gas, Paragon Group, Severn Trent, Shaftesbury, UDG Healthcare
US Results/Updates: Autozone
UK Economic Announcements
09:30 Public Sector Net Borrowing
11:00 CBI Reported Sales
Intl Economic Announcements
01:30 Nikkei Manufacturing PMI (JP)
07:00 GDP (DE)
07:45 Business Confidence (FR)
8-9am Manufacturing & Services PMIs (Various European)
09:00 IFO Surveys (DE)
14:45 Manufacturing & Services PMIs (US)
15:00 New Home Sales, Richmond Fed (US)
Wednesday 24 May
UK Results/Updates: Babcock, Britvic, Dixons Carphone, Great Portland Estates, Kingfisher, Marks & Spencers, Mediclinic International, Pennon, Softcat, Vedanta
EU Results/Updates: Vonovia
US Results/Updates: Lowe’s, Tiffany & Co
Intl Economic Announcements
01:30 Westpac Leading Index (AUS)
07:00 GfK Consumer Confidence (DE)
12:00 MBA Mortgage Applications (US)
14:00 House Price Index (US)
15:00 Existing Home Sales (US)
15:00 Interest Rate Decision (CAN)
15:30 Oil Inventories (US)
19:00 FOMC Minutes (US)
Thursday 25 May
UK Results/Updates: B&M European Retail, Card Factory, GVC, Halfords, Inchcape, Paypoint, Pets at Home, QinetiQ, Tate & Lyle, United Utilities, Vectura, Wizz Air
US Results/Updates: Abercrombie & Fitch, Best Buy, Costco, Dollar Tree, Sears, Signet Jewelers
Ex-Dividends (Thursday's UK 100 dividend impact is 1.8pts)
UK 100 : Bunzl 29p, Carnival 30.8p, DCC 74.6p, Morrisons 3.9p, Whitbread 65.9p, Worldpay 1.4p
: Brewin Dolphin 4.3p, Capita 20.6p, Cineworld 13.8p, Diploma 7p, Euromoney Institutional Investor 8.8p, HICL Infrastructure 1.9p, Hill & Smith 17.9p Marston’s 2.7p, Mitchells & Butlers 2.5p, Spectris 34p, UDG Healthcare 2.7p (Expected)
UK Economic Announcements
09:30 GDP, Index of Services, BBA Mortgage Approvals, Business Investment
Intl Economic Announcements
All day OPEC Meeting in Vienna
08:00 GDP (SP)
13:30 Wholesale Inventories, Weekly Jobless Claims (US)
16:00 Kansa Fed Manufacturing Index (US)
Friday 26 May
UK Results/Updates: Intertek
Intl Economic Announcements
00:30 CPI (JP)
09:00 Business & Consumer Confidence (IT)
13:30 GDP, PCE, Durable Goods (US)
15:00 University of Michigan Sentiment (US)
18:00 Baker Hughes Rig Count (US)