Thursday preview: US retail sales, Vistry in the spotlight

Financial markets' focus on Thursday will be on a trio of closely-followed economic reports in the States.

Key amongst those will be the February report for retail sales, which will help ascertain how consumption is holding up.

Similarly important figures for producer prices and weekly unemployment claims will be published alongside.

Worth noting, there were components of the producer price data that fed into official estimates of the core price deflator for personal consumption expenditures, the Fed's preferred inflation gauge.

On home shores, overnight the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors will publish its Housing Price Balance for February, also covering February.

Vistry is among the corporate names that is due to update investors on Thursday.

The homebuilder is expected to report a roughly 36.5% jump in full-year revenues, including joint-ventures, to reach £3.99bn.

Earnings before interest and tax meanwhile are seen by the consensus falling 2.2% to £441m on an EBIT margin of 11.0%.

Thursday 14 March

INTERIM EX-DIVIDEND DATE

Abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust, Brooks Macdonald Group, Fiske, Galliford Try, Hansard Global, JPMorgan Emerging Markets Inv Trust, Ricardo, Trifast

QUARTERLY PAYMENT DATE

Tritax Eurobox (EUR), Tritax Eurobox (GBP)

QUARTERLY EX-DIVIDEND DATE

Alpha Real Trust Ltd., Real Estate Credit Investments Ltd

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

Business Inventories (US) (14:00)

Continuing Claims (US) (12:30)

Initial Jobless Claims (US) (12:30)

Producer Price Index (US) (12:30)

Retail Sales (US) (12:30)

Retail Sales Less Autos (US) (12:30)

GMS

Angus Energy , Bank of Georgia Group

FINALS

Alfa Financial Software Holdings , Alfa Financial Software Holdings , Bridgepoint Group (Reg S) , Deliveroo Class A , Empiric Student Property , Empiric Student Property , Gem Diamonds Ltd. (DI), Helios Towers , Hill and Smith, Oakley Capital Investments Ltd. (DI), OSB Group , Playtech, Playtech, Restore, Savills, Trainline, Vistry Group

SPECIAL EX-DIVIDEND DATE

Dunelm Group, Lancashire Holdings Limited, Shoe Zone

AGMS

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA, Redx Pharma

TRADING ANNOUNCEMENTS

Halma, Moonpig Group , Moonpig Group , Trainline

UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

RICS Housing Market Survey (00:01)

FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE

Treatt

FINAL EX-DIVIDEND DATE

Abrdn , Anglo American, Apax Global Alpha Limited , Aviva 8 3/8% Cumulative Irrd Preference 1, Haleon , Heavitree Brewery, Heavitree Brewery 'A' Shares, LPA Group, NATWEST GROUP, RSA Insurance Group Limited 7 3/8% Cum Irrd Prf #1, SEGRO, Shoe Zone