Tuesday preview: IFO index, US house prices in the spotlight

The financial market spotlight would be on Europe on Tuesday.

At 0900 BST, the IFO Institute was to release its closely followed business confidence index for July.

In parallel, the European Central Bank would publish its survey of lending by euro area banks.

Stateside, at 1400 BST Standard & Poor's Case Shiller house price index for May was due out.

It would be followed an hour later by the Conference Board's consumer confidence index for July.

Tuesday 25 July

INTERIMS

Bridgepoint Group (Reg S) , Croda International, Hummingbird Resources, Reach, SThree, Tyman, Unilever, Unite Group

QUARTERLY PAYMENT DATE

Brunner Inv Trust, General Electric Co (CDI)

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

Consumer Confidence (US) (15:00)

House Price Index (US) (14:00)

IFO Business Climate (GER) (09:00)

IFO Current Assessment (GER) (09:00)

IFO Expectations (GER) (09:00)

Q2

Unilever

GMS

Globaldata

FINALS

Altitude Group, Games Workshop Group

ANNUAL REPORT

Games Workshop Group

SPECIAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE

Foresight Solar & Technology VCT

EGMS

B&M European Value Retail S.A. (DI)

AGMS

ADM Energy , ATOME Energy , B&M European Value Retail S.A. (DI), JZ Capital Partners Ltd, Mitie Group, Molecular Energies, Safestay, Vodafone Group

TRADING ANNOUNCEMENTS

Compass Group, Sage Group