Thursday preview: US jobless claims, durable goods orders in focus

Investors' attention on Thursday will be on a flurry of economic indicators that are due out in the US.

They will precede the key PCE price data that are due out during the following session.

Those reports include readings on weekly jobless claims, durable goods orders, pending home sales and revised GDP data for the first quarter starting from 1230 BST.

At 0930 BST meanwhile, the Bank of England will release its latest Financial Stability report.

In the euro area meanwhile, at 0800 BST the European Central Bank will release M3 money supply growth figures for May.

Also due out is the European Commission's economic sentiment index for the bloc covering the month of June at 0900 BST.

Thursday 27 June

INTERIMS

Harmony Energy Income Trust, Various Eateries

INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE

Cardiff Property, Mobeus Income & Growth 2 Vct

INTERIM EX-DIVIDEND DATE

BP 8% Cum 1st Prf, BP 9% 2nd Prf, Foresight Enterprise VCT , Hargreave Hale AIM VCT , Virgin Money UK

QUARTERLY EX-DIVIDEND DATE

Duke Capital Limited

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

Business Climate Indicator (EU) (10:00)

Consumer Confidence (EU) (10:00)

Continuing Claims (US) (13:30)

Durable Goods Orders (US) (13:30)

Economic Sentiment Indicator (EU) (10:00)

Gross Domestic Product (US) (13:30)

Industrial Confidence (EU) (10:00)

Initial Jobless Claims (US) (13:30)

M3 Money Supply (EU) (09:00)

Pending Homes Sales (US) (15:00)

Personal Consumption Expenditures (US) (13:30)

Services Sentiment (EU) (10:00)

FINALS

Currys , Halfords Group, Latham (James), Moonpig Group , SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust

SPECIAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE

Octopus AIM VCT 2

SPECIAL EX-DIVIDEND DATE

Downing Strategic Micro-Cap Investment Trust Red, Hargreave Hale AIM VCT , Personal Assets Trust

AGMS

Afentra , Africa Opportunity Fund Limited, Atalaya Mining, Braime Group, Celadon Pharmaceuticals, Crimson Tide, Directa Plus, DP Poland, Earnz , Eden Research, Engage XR Holdings (CDI), GENinCode, GETECH Group, Hamak Gold Limited NPV (DI), Hemogenyx Pharmaceuticals , Hydrogen Utopia International, I3 Energy , I3 Energy , Kanabo Group, Menhaden Resource Efficiency, Next 15 Group, North Atlantic Smaller Companies Inv Trust, Nostra Terra Oil & Gas Co, Pineapple Power Corporation , Powerhouse Energy Group, Serica Energy, Sivota , Sondrel (Holdings), Tern , Ura Holdings

FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE

Alfa Financial Software Holdings , BlackRock Smaller Companies Trust, Octopus AIM VCT 2

FINAL EX-DIVIDEND DATE

B&M European Value Retail S.A. (DI), B.P. Marsh & Partners, Berkeley Group Holdings (The), Burberry Group, Caledonia Investments, Concurrent Technologies, Discoverie Group, Franchise Brands, Helical, JPMorgan European Discovery Trust, Mears Group, Norcros, Panther Securities, Premier Foods, Renewi , Serica Energy, Sirius Real Estate Ltd., Tatton Asset Management , TR Property Inv Trust, Urban Logistics Reit, Value and Indexed Property Income Trust, Vertu Motors