Week ahead: Parliament to vote on EU Withdrawal bill

Markets' attention will be squarely on the vote in Parliament on the Prime Minister's proposed withdrawal plan and given the very high probability that it will be summarily dismissed by MPs, on Theresa May's reaction.

Many observers have penciled-in 21 January as the deadline for Theresa May to cobble together an alternative or have Parliament take the lead.

The following day, the Office of National Statistics will publish its first estimate for the December CPI, followed by the latest monthly retail sales data at the end of the week.

Next in terms of the potential market impact may be the latest economic data out of China, with readings on the Asian giant's trade with the rest of the world due out on Monday and money supply data expected on Tuesday.

Stateside, the spotlight will continue to shine on the the various speeches from the remainder of the US central bank's regional presidents and board members who have not yet updated the public on their policy views.

Investors will also be keeping an eye out for figures on US factory gate prices covering the month of December on Tuesday, as well as for a reading on consumer confidence, on Friday.

The Philly Fed index for January, which is due out on Thursday, will also be closely followed.

In the background meanwhile, barring surprises over the weekend, investors will continue to watch for a possible resolution of the partial federal government shutdown which is increasingly weighing on sentiment - as well as delaying the release of key government reports on the economy.

In that regard, among the latest victims of the policy paralysis on Capitol Hill may be the monthly US retail sales report, which at the time of writing was scheduled for Wednesday.

Monday January 14

INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE

Discoverie Group

QUARTERLY PAYMENT DATE

Land Securities Group

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

Industrial Production (EU) (10:00)

SPECIAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE

Ferrexpo

AGMS

Pantheon Resources

TRADING ANNOUNCEMENTS

Dechra Pharmaceuticals, JD Sports Fashion, Pagegroup, Restore, Revolution Bars Group, Tarsus Group, XP Power Ltd. (DI)

FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE

Barloworld Ltd.

Tuesday January 15

INTERIMS

Games Workshop Group, Knights Group Holdings

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

Balance of Trade (EU) (10:00)

Producer Price Index (US) (13:30)

FINALS

Elegant Hotels Group , Watkin Jones

AGMS

C4X Discovery Holdings , Manchester & London Investment Trust

TRADING ANNOUNCEMENTS

Ashmore Group, Big Yellow Group, Boohoo Group, Hays, Mears Group, Persimmon, Provident Financial, The Gym Group

Wednesday January 16

INTERIMS

1pm

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Babcock International Group, Berkeley Group Holdings (The), Mind Gym, Royal Mail, Templeton Emerging Markets Inv Trust, Ventus 2 VCT, Ventus 2 VCT 'C' Shares, Ventus VCT, Ventus VCT 'C' Shares

QUARTERLY PAYMENT DATE

Assura

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

Business Inventories (US) (15:00)

Consumer Price Index (GER) (07:00)

Crude Oil Inventories (US) (15:30)

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

MBA Mortgage Applications (US) (12:00)

Retail Sales (US) (13:30)

GMS

Intertek Group, Just Group

AGMS

Diploma, Majedie Investments

TRADING ANNOUNCEMENTS

Bovis Homes Group, Cineworld Group, City of London Investment Group, Diploma, Energean Oil & Gas , Headlam Group, Hochschild Mining, Kenmare Resources, Pearson, Secure Trust Bank, TheWorks.Co.Uk, Tullow Oil

UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

Consumer Price Index (09:30)

Producer Price Index (09:30)

Retail Price Index (09:30)

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Fidelity Special Values

Thursday January 17

INTERIMS

Ilika

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Ashtead Group, British Smaller Companies VCT 2, Consort Medical, Fletcher King, Ramsdens Holdings , SSE, Stenprop Limited

QUARTERLY EX-DIVIDEND DATE

F&C Commercial Property Trust Ltd., Scottish Inv Trust, Supermarket Income Reit

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

Building Permits (US) (00:00)

Housing Starts (US) (13:30)

Wholesale Price Index (GER) (07:00)

Q3

Brown (N.) Group, Premier Foods, Whitbread

Q4

Rio Tinto

FINALS

Chemring Group

SPECIAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE

LXB Retail Properties, Panther Securities

SPECIAL EX-DIVIDEND DATE

BowLeven, Scottish Inv Trust

AGMS

Aberdeen Standard Asia Focus , Aberdeen Standard Equity Income Trust , Cardiff Property, Game Digital

TRADING ANNOUNCEMENTS

4Imprint Group, Associated British Foods, DP Eurasia N.V. (DI) , Experian, Ibstock , Ten Entertainment Group

UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

RICS Housing Market Survey (00:01)

FINAL EX-DIVIDEND DATE

Compass Group, CYBG , Dewhurst, Future, Hargreave Hale AIM VCT , Shaftesbury, Titon Holdings

Q1

Associated British Foods, Sage Group, SSP Group

Friday January 18

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Charles Stanley Group, Greene King, Halfords Group, IG Design Group, IntegraFin Holding, JPMorgan Euro Small Co. Trust, Octopus AIM VCT, Sirius Real Estate Ltd., United Carpets Group, Vertu Motors

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

Capacity Utilisation (US) (14:15)

Industrial Production (US) (14:15)

Philadelphia Fed Index (US) (13:30)

SPECIAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE

Ranger Direct Lending Fund

EGMS

PAO Novatek GDR (Reg S), PJSC Centre For Cargo Container Traffic Transcontainer GDR (Reg S)

AGMS

Character Group, Ironveld, Kazera Global, Management Resources Solutions

TRADING ANNOUNCEMENTS

Henry Boot

UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

Retail Sales (08:30)

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Focusrite, Greene King, Northamber, Scottish Oriental Smaller Companies Trust