Wednesday preview: Fed minutes, ISM services PMI in the spotlight

Investors' focus on the day ahead of the elections will be on a raft of US economic reports that are due out.

Those will include the minutes of the Federal Reserve's last rate setting meeting at 1800 BST.

They will be preceded by the Institute for Supply Management's services sector purchasing managers' survey for the month of June at 1400 BST and weekly unemployment claims figures.

Also due out, at 1215 BST, is consultancy ADP's monthly tally of private sector payrolls.

On home shores, at 0830 BST S&P Global will publish its services sector PMI for June.

Comparable PMIs for the euro area's largest economies are due out half an hour before.

Wednesday 03 July

INTERIM EX-DIVIDEND DATE

Merchants Trust 3.65% Cumulative Preference 1

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

Continuing Claims (US) (13:30)

Crude Oil Inventories (US) (15:30)

Factory Orders (US) (15:00)

FOMC Interest Rate Minutes (US) (19:00)

Initial Jobless Claims (US) (13:30)

ISM Prices Paid (US) (15:00)

ISM Services (US) (15:00)

MBA Mortgage Applications (US) (12:00)

PMI Composite (EU) (09:00)

PMI Composite (GER) (08:55)

PMI Composite (US) (14:45)

PMI Services (EU) (09:00)

PMI Services (GER) (08:55)

PMI Services (US) (14:45)

Producer Price Index (EU) (10:00)

GMS

Pulsar Group

FINALS

ActiveOps, Baltic Classifieds Group, Baltic Classifieds Group, System1 Group, Zigup, Zigup

AGMS

Airtel Africa , Braemar , Eneraqua Technologies, Golden Prospect Precious Metals Ltd., Jpmorgan European Growth & Income

TRADING ANNOUNCEMENTS

Cairn Homes (CDI)

UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

PMI Composite (09:30)

PMI Services (09:30)

FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE

Balfour Beatty

FINAL EX-DIVIDEND DATE

Datang International Power Generation Co Ltd.