Friday preview: China CPI in focus

The market spotlight will shift back towards Asia at the end of the week.

China's National Bureau of Statistics is expected to announce that the annual rate of consumer price gains in the Asian giant accelerated to 0.2%, against -0.2% in the month before.

At the factory gate level, price increases were seen picking up from 1.7% to 3.5%.

Stateside meanwhile, the focus will be on factory gate price data for March, which are expected to reveal that inflation in that part of the economy accelerated from a year-on-year pace of 2.8% for February to 3.8% in March.

Across the Channel, investors' attention will be on the latest industrial production figures out of Germany, covering the month of February.

Industrial output figures for that same month are also scheduled for release in France and Spain.

No major economic reports will be published in the UK.

Friday 09 April

INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE

Dunelm Group, Galliford Try, Grit Real Estate Income Group Limited NPV, Morses Club , Redrow, Ricardo, Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust

QUARTERLY PAYMENT DATE

Alpha Real Trust Ltd., Regional REIT Limited

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

Balance of Trade (GER) (08:00)

Current Account (GER) (07:00)

Industrial Production (GER) (07:00)

Industrial Production (US) (07:00)

Producer Price Index (US) (13:30)

Wholesales Inventories (US) (15:00)

GMS

Online Blockchain, Orient Telecoms

SPECIAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE

Sylvania Platinum Ltd (DI)

EGMS

Kcell Joint Stock Co GDR (Reg S)

AGMS

Rio Tinto

UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

Halifax House Price Index (08:30)

FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE

IDOX, Scottish American Inv Company