Week ahead: Second 'meaningful' vote, US-China trade talks in focus

All eyes will be firmly on what are expected to be multiple key votes on the Prime Minister's Withdrawal proposal, starting from Tuesday, although political analysts appear to be completely divided as to what the result of the entire process will be; namely, an extension of Article 50, some sort of 'soft' Brexit', a second referendum or even new elections.

Indeed, at the weekend, the Foreign Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, even appeared to imply that a majority of Britons might no longer support Brexit.

"If you want to stop Brexit you only need to do three things: kill this deal, get an extension, and then have a second referendum. Within three weeks, those people could have two of those three things [...] and quite possibly the third one could be on the way," he reportedly told the BBC.

Quite as important as well will be the news-flow around the ongoing US-China trade talks.

In the States meanwhile, and especially given recent downside surprises in the economic data, investors will be focusing on the release of a raft of economic indicators, including retail sales (Monday), consumer prices (Tuesday), durable goods orders (Wednesday) and consumer confidence (Friday).

Key Chinese economic indicators are also slated for release over the next week, including readings on consumer prices (Saturday), money supply (Sunday) and for fixed asset investment, retail sales and industrial production, all on Thursday.

Monday March 11

INTERIMS

River and Mercantile Group

INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE

Hargreaves Lansdown

QUARTERLY PAYMENT DATE

Chenavari Toro Income Fund Limited NPV

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

Balance of Trade (GER) (07:00)

Business Inventories (US) (14:00)

Construction Spending (US) (14:00)

Current Account (GER) (07:00)

Factory Orders (GER) (06:00)

Industrial Production (GER) (07:00)

Retail Sales (US) (13:30)

ZEW Survey (EU) - Economic Sentiment (10:00)

ZEW Survey (GER) - Current Situation (10:00)

ZEW Survey (GER) - Economic Sentiment (10:00)

FINALS

Banco Santander S.A., Clarkson, Hutchison China Meditech Ltd, Microsaic Systems, Old Mutual Limited NPV (DI), Silence Therapeutics

ANNUAL REPORT

Belimo Holding AG , William Hill

AGMS

BlockChain Worldwide

Tuesday March 12

INTERIMS

Close Brothers Group, Purecircle Limited (DI)

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

Consumer Price Index (US) (12:30)

FINALS

888 Holdings, Cairn Energy, Computacenter, Domino's Pizza Group, Forbidden Technologies, Forterra, French Connection Group, G4S, Gamma Communications, Goals Soccer Centres, Gresham Technologies, H&T Group, Menzies(John), Midwich Group, Pendragon, Pennant International Group, Surgical Innovations Group, TCS Group Holding GDR (Each Repr 1 A Shr) (Reg S)

AGMS

BlackRock Commodities Income Inv Trust, JPMorgan Russian Securities, React Group , Starvest

UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

Balance of Trade (08:30)

Index of Services (09:30)

Manufacturing Production (09:30)

Wednesday March 13

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

Crude Oil Inventories (US) (14:30)

Industrial Production (EU) (10:00)

MBA Mortgage Applications (US) (11:00)

Producer Price Index (US) (12:30)

Q4

Transgloble Energy Corporation NPV (DI)

FINALS

Advanced Medical Solutions Group, Avast, Balfour Beatty, Burford Capital , Dignity, ECSC Group, EKF Diagnostics Holdings , Empresaria Group, Gem Diamonds Ltd. (DI), Hikma Pharmaceuticals, Kenmare Resources, Lookers, Manx Telecom , Marshall Motor Holdings, Morrison (Wm) Supermarkets, Prudential, Quilter, SafeCharge International Group Limited (DI), Sigmaroc , Standard Life Aberdeen, StatPro Group, Transgloble Energy Corporation NPV (DI)

AGMS

Independent Inv Trust

Thursday March 14

INTERIMS

Brooks Macdonald Group, DFS Furniture, Kin and Carta

INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE

Quiz, Rank Group, TheWorks.Co.Uk

INTERIM EX-DIVIDEND DATE

Abcam, Adept Technology Group, Colefax Group, Craneware, Dunelm Group, Galliford Try, Hansard Global, JPMorgan Emerging Markets Inv Trust, JPMorgan Mid Cap Inv Trust, Jupiter Green Inv Trust, London Finance & Investment Group, Mid Wynd International Inv Trust, Ricardo, Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust, TR European Growth Trust, Trifast

QUARTERLY PAYMENT DATE

MedicX Fund Ltd.

QUARTERLY EX-DIVIDEND DATE

Assura , Blackrock North American Income Trust , Land Securities Group

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

Business Inventories (US) (14:00)

Consumer Price Index (GER) (07:00)

Continuing Claims (US) (12:30)

Import and Export Price Indices (US) (12:30)

Initial Jobless Claims (US) (12:30)

New Homes Sales (US) (14:00)

Retail Sales (US) (12:30)

FINALS

Capita, Capital & Regional, Capital Drilling Ltd. (DI), Cineworld Group, Just Group, Marshalls, Oakley Capital Investments Ltd. (DI), Oxford Biomedica, Savills

SPECIAL EX-DIVIDEND DATE

Electra Private Equity, Jupiter Fund Management , Thinksmart Limited (DI)

AGMS

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA, Benchmark Holdings , Blackrock Income And Growth Investment Trust, Henderson Opportunities Trust, Octopus Titan VCT , Oxford Biodynamics

UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

RICS Housing Market Survey (00:01)

FINAL EX-DIVIDEND DATE

Anglo American, Apax Global Alpha Limited , CRH, Dairy Farm International Holdings Ltd (Bermuda), Dairy Farm International Holdings Ltd. (Jersey), Dairy Farm International Holdings Ltd. (Singapore), Glanbia, GVC Holdings, Hongkong Land Holding Ltd. (Bermuda), Hongkong Land Holding Ltd. (Jersey), Hongkong Land Holding Ltd. (Sing.Reg), Jardine Matheson Holdings Ltd (Singapore Reg), Jardine Matheson Holdings Ltd. (Bermuda), Jardine Matheson Holdings Ltd. (Jersey), Jardine Strategic Holdingd Ltd. (Bermuda), Jardine Strategic Holdingd Ltd. (Jersey REG), Jardine Strategic Holdings Ltd. (Singapore), Jupiter Fund Management , Law Debenture Corp., Mandarin Oriental International (Bermuda), Mandarin Oriental International (Jersey), Mandarin Oriental International (Singapore), Millennium & Copthorne Hotels, Rights & Issues Inv Trust Income Shares, RM, Spirent Communications, The Simplybiz Group, Tritax Eurobox (GBP)

Friday March 15

INTERIMS

Wetherspoon (J.D.)

INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE

Finncap Group , Gateley (Holdings) , Knights Group Holdings , Motorpoint Group, SSE

QUARTERLY PAYMENT DATE

Aberdeen Standard Equity Income Trust , Canadian General Investments Ltd., Carnival

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

Capacity Utilisation (US) (13:15)

Consumer Price Index (EU) (10:00)

Industrial Production (US) (13:15)

U. of Michigan Confidence (Prelim) (US) (14:00)

FINALS

Eurocell , Restaurant Group

AGMS

LG Electronics Inc GDS (Reg S)

TRADING ANNOUNCEMENTS

Berkeley Group Holdings (The)

FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE

Avon Rubber, Impax Asset Management Group, JPMorgan Russian Securities, LLoyds Banking Group 6.475% Non-Cum Pref Shares