Week ahead: UK CPI, US Q2 earnings reports

Financial markets' focus over the coming week was expected to be on consumer price data due out in UK, US and euro area.

Corporate earnings would also be in focus, not least as the second quarter reporting season in the US swung into full steam.

On Wednesday, the Office for National Statistics was expected to announce that the annual rate of increase slipped from 8.7% for May to 8.2% in June.

Core CPI however was steen steady at 7.1% year-on-year.

A final reading for Euro area CPI was also scheduled for release in the middle of the week.

And on Friday, reports were due out for UK consumer confidence, retail sales and public sector net borrowing.

Stateside, the key days on the economic front would be Tuesday and Thursday.

The former session would bring with it the June retail sales report, while the latter would see the release of weekly jobless claims data, the Philly Fed's closely followed regional factory sector gauge and figures on existing home sales in June.

Investors would also be scrutinising a barrage of economic activity indicator due out in China, on Monday, covering the month of June.

Monday 17 July

FINALS

Brickability Group , Gore Street Energy Storage Fund , Northern Bear

AGMS

Tower Resources

FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE

Shanta Gold Ltd.

Tuesday 18 July

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

Business Inventories (US) (15:00)

Capacity Utilisation (US) (14:15)

Industrial Production (US) (14:15)

Retail Sales (US) (13:30)

Retail Sales Less Autos (US) (13:30)

FINALS

Petra Diamonds Ltd.(DI)

AGMS

Alkemy Capital Investments , Bloomsbury Publishing, e-Therapeutics, Strategic Minerals, Worldwide Healthcare Trust, Wynnstay Properties

TRADING ANNOUNCEMENTS

IntegraFin Holding, Rio Tinto, The Artisanal Spirits Company

FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE

Alliance Pharma, Dr. Martens

Wednesday 19 July

INTERIMS

United Bank Ltd GDR (Reg S)

QUARTERLY PAYMENT DATE

Thomaslloyd Energy Impact Trust , Thomaslloyd Energy Impact Trust

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

Building Permits (US) (13:30)

Crude Oil Inventories (US) (15:30)

Current Account (EU) (09:00)

Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (EU) (10:00)

Housing Starts (US) (13:30)

MBA Mortgage Applications (US) (12:00)

GMS

Berkeley Energia Limited (DI)

FINALS

Redcentric

AGMS

Caledonia Investments, Edinburgh Inv Trust, Experian, HarbourVest Global Private Equity Limited A Shs, HICL Infrastructure , Invinity Energy Systems , JPMorgan European Discovery Trust, Mind Gym, Triple Point VCT 2011 Venture

UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

Consumer Price Index (07:00)

Producer Price Index (07:00)

Retail Price Index (07:00)

FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE

Manx Financial Group, Panther Securities

Thursday 20 July

INTERIMS

Howden Joinery Group, PensionBee Group

INTERIM EX-DIVIDEND DATE

Blackrock Income And Growth Investment Trust, Hercules Site Services , Porvair

QUARTERLY EX-DIVIDEND DATE

Custodian Property Income Reit, JpMorgan China Growth & Income , M Winkworth, TwentyFour Select Monthly Income Fund Limited

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

Continuing Claims (US) (13:30)

Existing Home Sales (US) (15:00)

Initial Jobless Claims (US) (13:30)

Philadelphia Fed Index (US) (13:30)

Producer Price Index (GER) (07:00)

FINALS

Babcock International Group

SPECIAL EX-DIVIDEND DATE

Bytes Technology Group , Invesco Select Trust Balanced Risk Alloc Shs

EGMS

Acg Acquisition Company Limited Cls A Npv (DI), Kingspan Group (CDI), UPL Limited GDR Reg S

AGMS

Big Yellow Group, CT UK High Income Trust, Evgen Pharma, FD Technologies Public Limited Company, Fidelity China Special Situations , Fidelity China Special Situations , Fuller Smith & Turner, Fuller Smith & Turner, GB Group, Halma, Intermediate Capital Group, International Distributions Services, Johnson Matthey, Octopus AIM VCT, Pennon Group, Premier Foods, QinetiQ Group, SSE, Weiss Korea Opportunity Fund Ltd

TRADING ANNOUNCEMENTS

Diploma, Dunelm Group, PensionBee Group , QinetiQ Group, SSE

UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

Public Sector Net Borrowing (07:00)

FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE

Centrica, DCC (CDI)

FINAL EX-DIVIDEND DATE

Bytes Technology Group , Castings, Cranswick, D4T4 Solutions, Ninety One , Northern 2 VCT, Northern 3 VCT, Northern Venture Trust, Pennon Group, Telecom Plus, Volex

Friday 21 July

INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE

Impax Asset Management Group, Maven Income and Growth VCT 5

FINALS

TheWorks.Co.Uk, Thruvision Group

SPECIAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE

Xpediator

AGMS

Bidstack Group , Fadel Partners, Inc Com Stk Usd0.001 (Di) Regs Cat 3/144A, FirstGroup, Northern Venture Trust, Northern Venture Trust, United Utilities Group

UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

GFK Consumer Confidence (00:01)

Retail Sales (07:00)

FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE

Amati AIM Vct , C&C Group (CDI), Flowtech Fluidpower, ICG Enterprise Trust, Land Securities Group, Medica Group , New Century AIM VCT 2, Robinson, RS Group, RWS Holdings, Skillcast Group