Thursday preview: German and Spanish CPI data due out

Investor focus on Thursday will be on German and Spanish consumer price data for November.

The latest figures will arrive amid an intense debate regarding what the pace of interest rate cuts by the European Central Bank will be.

The European Commission meanwhile will release its latest monthly economic sentiment index.

Overnight, consumer price data for Tokyo in November are due out, alongside industrial production figures covering October.

No major economic reports are scheduled for release in the UK.

US financial markets will remain closed in observance of Thanksgiving.

Thursday 28 November

INTERIMS

Foresight Group Holdings Limited NPV, Pennon Group, Theracryf , TPXimpact Holdings

INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE

Octopus AIM VCT 2, Tribal Group

INTERIM EX-DIVIDEND DATE

3i Group, Calnex Solutions , CML Microsystems, FirstGroup, Hill and Smith, Investec Non-Red Non-Cum Non-Part Prf Shs, James Halstead 5.5% Cumulative Preference 1, Marks & Spencer Group, Marks Electrical Group, Michelmersh Brick Holdings, Norcros, Octopus Titan VCT , Oxford Instruments, Record, Renold 6% Cum. Prfd., Severn Trent, United Utilities Group, Volex, Worldwide Healthcare Trust

QUARTERLY EX-DIVIDEND DATE

BlackRock World Mining Trust, Canadian General Investments Ltd., Diversified Energy Company , Downing Renewables & Infrastructure Trust, Land Securities Group, Petrotal Corporation NPV (DI), Premier Miton Global Renewables Trust

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

Consumer Price Index (GER) (13:00)

Continuing Claims (US) (13:30)

Economic Sentiment Indicator (EU) (10:00)

Industrial Confidence (EU) (10:00)

Initial Jobless Claims (US) (13:30)

M3 Money Supply (EU) (09:00)

Services Sentiment (EU) (10:00)

FINALS

Impax Asset Management Group

SPECIAL EX-DIVIDEND DATE

Ithaca Energy

AGMS

Argent Biopharma Limited NPV (DI), Castillo Copper Limited NPV (DI), EnSilica , Galliford Try, London Finance & Investment Group, SLF Realisation Fund Limited NPV, Thor Energy , Zentra Group

FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE

Pacific Horizon Inv Trust, Wetherspoon (J.D.)

FINAL EX-DIVIDEND DATE

Avation, AVI Global Trust , Aviva 8 3/4% Cumulative Irrd Preference 1, Bellway, Craneware, Croda International 5.9% Cumulative Preference 1, Croda International 6.6% Cumulative Preference 1, Fidelity Special Values, Fiske, Natwest Group 11% Cum Non-Red Prf Gbp1 , Natwest Group 5.5% Cum Non-Red Prf Gbp1, Pan African Resources, Rotork 9.5% Cum Prf. #1, Tristel, YouGov