Week ahead: French elections, US CPI in focus

All eyes over the coming week will be on the results of the second round of voting in the French elections, their likely implications and outlook for France's economy.

Against that backdrop, investors will be waiting on key consumer price data due out in China and the US, on Wednesday and Thursday, respectively.

Those reports will be published alongside readings for producer prices on Wednesday in China followed by similar figures in the US on Friday.

Wednesday meanwhile will see rate-setters in New Zealand announce their latest policy decision.

Preliminary readings for consumer confidence and inflation expectations in the US will be released on Friday, courtesy of the University of Michigan.

Monday 08 July

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

Balance of Trade (GER) (07:00)

Consumer Credit (US) (20:00)

GMS

Belluscura , Celsius Resources Limited (DI)

FINALS

Solid State

AGMS

Landore Resources Limited NPV

TRADING ANNOUNCEMENTS

Hunting

FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE

Great Portland Estates, RTC Group

Tuesday 09 July

INTERIMS

Synectics, Velocity Composites

FINALS

Begbies Traynor Group, Celebrus Technologies, Loungers , TPXimpact Holdings, TPXimpact Holdings

AGMS

British Land Company, Clontarf Energy , Distil, Oneiro Energy , Oxford Technology 2 VCT Ot2, Pacific Assets Trust

UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

BRC Sales Monitor (00:01)

FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE

Restore

Wednesday 10 July

INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE

Hollywood Bowl Group, Renew Holdings

QUARTERLY PAYMENT DATE

Assura

QUARTERLY EX-DIVIDEND DATE

General Electric Co (CDI)

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

Crude Oil Inventories (US) (15:30)

MBA Mortgage Applications (US) (12:00)

Wholesales Inventories (US) (15:00)

Q2

Pagegroup

AGMS

National Grid, NetScientific

TRADING ANNOUNCEMENTS

Barratt Developments, Liontrust Asset Management

FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE

Michelmersh Brick Holdings, National World

Thursday 11 July

INTERIM EX-DIVIDEND DATE

Heavitree Brewery, Heavitree Brewery 'A' Shares, Kitwave Group, Schroder UK Mid Cap Fund, Shoe Zone, The Character Group, Unicorn AIM VCT , WH Smith

QUARTERLY PAYMENT DATE

GSK

QUARTERLY EX-DIVIDEND DATE

BlackRock Latin American Inv Trust, Custodian Property Income Reit, I3 Energy , JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income, JPMorgan Japan Small Cap Growth & Income, Middlefield Canadian Income PCC, Real Estate Investors, Supermarket Income Reit

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

Consumer Price Index (GER) (07:00)

Consumer Price Index (US) (13:30)

Continuing Claims (US) (13:30)

Initial Jobless Claims (US) (13:30)

GMS

Nostrum Oil & Gas

FINALS

Ilika, Jet2, Twentyfour Income Fund Limited Ord Red

ANNUAL REPORT

Twentyfour Income Fund Limited Ord Red

SPECIAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE

Plus500 Ltd (DI)

SPECIAL EX-DIVIDEND DATE

Record

AGMS

Angle, BT Group, Bytes Technology Group , DCC (CDI), Dr. Martens , Land Securities Group, Pets at Home Group , RS Group, Severn Trent, Value and Indexed Property Income Trust

TRADING ANNOUNCEMENTS

Hays, Wood Group (John)

UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

Balance of Trade (07:00)

Gross Domestic Product (07:00)

Index of Services (07:00)

Industrial Production (07:00)

Manufacturing Production (07:00)

RICS Housing Market Survey (00:01)

FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE

Centrica, Good Energy Group, Plus500 Ltd (DI), Scottish Mortgage Inv Trust

FINAL EX-DIVIDEND DATE

Anpario, Atalaya Mining, Caffyns, Cake Box Holdings, CMC Markets, Halma, Marks Electrical Group, Mountview Estates, MS International, Oxford Instruments, Record, Sanderson Design Group, The Global Smaller Companies Trust

Friday 12 July

INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE

Foresight Enterprise VCT , Topps Tiles

QUARTERLY PAYMENT DATE

Duke Capital Limited, Regional REIT Limited

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

Producer Price Index (US) (13:30)

U. of Michigan Confidence (Prelim) (US) (15:00)

AGMS

Palace Capital , Steppe Cement Ltd

FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE

3i Infrastructure, Anglo-Eastern Plantations, Christie Group, Concurrent Technologies, Helios Underwriting, Informa, JD Sports Fashion, London Security, Pacific Assets Trust, Persimmon, S&U, Sainsbury (J)