Tuesday preview: UK employment, Chinese foreign trade in focus

Investors' focus on Tuesday will be on the latest UK employment data.

At 0600 BST the Office for National Statistics is expected to announce that the rate of unemployment ticked lower by a tenth of a percentage point over the three months to July to reach 4.1%.

Average earnings growth, excluding bonuses, is expected to slow to a year-on-year pace of 5.1% after the 5.4% seen in June.

In the background, China's general customs bureau will release foreign trade data for August.

Stateside, at 1000 BST the National Federation of Independent Business will publish the results of its monthly survey of business conditions.

Tuesday 10 September

INTERIMS

BlackBird, Central Asia Metals, Chesnara, Elecosoft Public Limited Company, Equals Group , Finseta, Finseta, Flowtech Fluidpower, Futura Medical, Hvivo, Inspects Group , IQE, Itaconix , Lords Group Trading, Luceco , MPAC Group, Nexteq, Property Franchise Group, Serica Energy, The Artisanal Spirits Company, Tissue Regenix Group

INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE

Lloyds Banking Group

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

Consumer Price Index (GER) (07:00)

FINALS

Newmark Security PLC

AGMS

Chariot Limited, Monks Inv Trust, Renold, Trifast

UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

Claimant Count Rate (07:00)

Unemployment Rate (07:00)

FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE

Ashtead Group