Wednesday preview: UK CPI, US import prices in the spotlight

Financial markets' focus in the middle of the week will be on the latest UK inflation data.

At 0700 BST the Office for National Statistics is expected to report that the annual rate of increase in consumer prices slipped from 2.2% for August to 1.9% in September.

Core CPI meanwhile was seen ticking lower by a tenth of a percentage point to 3.5%.

Stateside, at 1330 BST the Department of Labor will release import price figures for the month of September.

A speech by European Central Bank boss, Christine Lagarde, will follow at 1940 BST.

Wednesday 16 October

FINALS

Wednesday 16 October

INTERIMS

Nuformix, Whitbread, Sanderson Design Group, Vertu Motors

AGMs

Barratt Redrow

GMs

Ten Lifestyle Group

INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE

Jardine Matheson Holdings Ltd (Singapore Reg), DFI Retail Group Holdings Limited (Bermuda Regd), Mandarin Oriental International (Bermuda)

DFI Retail Group Holdings Limited (Jersey Reg), Mandarin Oriental International (Jersey), Hongkong Land Holding Ltd. (Bermuda), Mandarin Oriental International (Singapore), Hongkong Land Holding Ltd. (Jersey), DFI Retail Group Holdings Limited (Sing.Reg), Hongkong Land Holding Ltd. (Sing.Reg), Jardine Matheson Holdings Ltd. (Bermuda), Jardine Matheson Holdings Ltd. (Jersey)

UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

Producer Price Index (07:00)

Consumer Price Index (07:00)

Retail Price Index (07:00)

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

MBA Mortgage Applications (US) (12:00)

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