Tuesday preview: US retail sales, Easyjet in the spotlight

Investors' attention on Tuesday will be mainly on the US, where a deluge of macroeconomic data are due out.

Included among those are readings for retail sales, industrial production and import prices all referencing the month of October.

Across the Channel meanwhile, European Central Bank chief, Christine Lagarde, who will take part in a question and answer session during the Bloomberg New Economy Forum, towards 1600 GMT.

For Easyjet's full-year figures, UBS analyst Jarrod Castle has penciled-in sales of £3.01bn, against a consensus estimate for £2.05bn.

Profits before tax meanwhile were seen printing at -£822m with "the focus will be on the outlook and some additional colour on building blocks."

Tuesday 17 November

INTERIMS

Adept Technology Group, Assura , Big Yellow Group, Experian, Gear4music (Holdings), Homeserve, Intermediate Capital Group, Palace Capital , Scapa Group, Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Ltd, System1 Group, Telecom Plus

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

Business Inventories (US) (15:00)

Capacity Utilisation (US) (14:15)

Import and Export Price Indices (US) (13:30)

Industrial Production (US) (14:15)

Retail Sales (US) (13:30)

Q3

JSC Halyk Bank GDR (Reg S), Nostrum Oil & Gas

GMS

Mulberry Group, Shaftesbury, SIG

FINALS

easyJet, Focusrite, Genedrive , Petra Diamonds Ltd.(DI)

ANNUAL REPORT

Netcall, Petra Diamonds Ltd.(DI)

AGMS

BMO Real Estate Investments Limited, Craneware, Dunelm Group, Eagle Eye Solutions Group, Marwyn Value Investors Limited, Physiomics, Scancell Holdings

TRADING ANNOUNCEMENTS

Aggreko, Ocean Outdoor Limited NPV (DI)