Wednesday preview: UK money supply growth, Next in focus

Investors' focus in the middle of the week would swivel back to the UK.

At 0700 GMT, the Office for National Statistics would publish money supply growth figures for the month of February.

In parallel, the Financial Policy Committee would release a statement following its latest meeting and the minutes of the same.

Stateside, at 1400 GMT the National Association of Realtors would publish its Pending Home Sales Index for February.

On the corporate side of things, online fashion retailer Next was scheduled to release its full-year results.

The company had guided towards a 1.5% decline in full-year sales while profits before tax were seen down by 7.6% to £795m.

Cost price inflation was expected to peak during the summer at 8% and afterwards slipping to 6% in the back half of the year.

Wednesday 29 March

INTERIMS

Up Global Sourcing Holdings

INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE

Ashmore Group

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

Crude Oil Inventories (US) (15:30)

GFK Consumer Confidence (GER) (07:00)

MBA Mortgage Applications (US) (12:00)

Pending Homes Sales (US) (15:00)

FINALS

Big Technologies, Central Asia Metals, Ecora Resources, Inspired, Medica Group , Michelmersh Brick Holdings, Michelmersh Brick Holdings, Next, Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust , RM, S4 Capital, Strix Group , Surgical Innovations Group, The Artisanal Spirits Company, Tinybuild Inc. (DI) (Reg s, CAT 3)

SPECIAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE

Shoe Zone

AGMS

Various Eateries , Versarien

UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

BRC Shop Price Index (00:01)

Consumer Credit (09:30)

M4 Money Supply (09:30)

Mortgage Approvals (09:30)

FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE

Shoe Zone