Thursday preview: US, German CPI in the spotlight

All eyes on Thursday were expected to be on the US where the Department of Labor was set to release its report for consumer prices covering the month of September.

Economists had penciled-in a dip in the annual rate of increase in headline CPI from August's clip of 8.3% to 8.1%.

Excluding food and energy, or at the so-called core level, CPI was seen picking up from 6.3% to 6.5%.

In parallel, also at 1330 BST, Labor was also due to publish its latest weekly unemployment claims data.

Across the Channel, at 0700 BST the German ministry of finance was due to release a final reading for consumer prices during the month of September.

It was due to be followed by CPI data for Ireland and Portugal at 1100 BST.

On home shores, overnight the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors would release its house price balance for the month of September (consensus: 46.0).

Thursday 13 October

INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE

Crest Nicholson Holdings, Macfarlane Group, Oakley Capital Investments Ltd. (DI), TT Electronics

INTERIM EX-DIVIDEND DATE

AVI Japan Opportunity Trust , Cenkos Securities, Crestchic, Facilities by ADF, Howden Joinery Group, Inspired, Kerry Group 'A' Shares (CDI), M. P. Evans Group, Me Group International, Octopus AIM VCT 2, Senior, Spirax-Sarco Engineering, Taylor Wimpey, Tesco, WPP

QUARTERLY PAYMENT DATE

XP Power Ltd. (DI)

QUARTERLY EX-DIVIDEND DATE

Balanced Commercial Property Trust Limited , BlackRock Latin American Inv Trust, Custodian Reit , I3 Energy , JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income, Middlefield Canadian Income PCC, Primary Health Properties

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

Consumer Price Index (GER) (07:00)

Consumer Price Index (US) (13:30)

Continuing Claims (US) (13:30)

Crude Oil Inventories (US) (15:30)

Initial Jobless Claims (US) (13:30)

SPECIAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE

South32 Limited (DI)

AGMS

Artemis Alpha Trust, Feedback, Galileo Resources, Marechale Capital , Mothercare, Rank Group

TRADING ANNOUNCEMENTS

Entain, Hays, Rathbones Group

UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

RICS Housing Market Survey (00:01)

FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE

Colefax Group, South32 Limited (DI)

FINAL EX-DIVIDEND DATE

Close Brothers Group, JPMorgan Emerging Markets Inv Trust, JPMorgan Mid Cap Inv Trust, NCC Group, Strategic Equity Capital