Week ahead: US non-farm payrolls, Tory Party conference in focus

All eyes over the coming week will be on the US non-farm payrolls report for September due out on Friday.

Consensus is for a 250,000 person increase in hiring, alongside a 0.3% month-on-month gain in average hourly earnings.

The JOLTS survey on job openings in the US covering the month of August, on Tuesday, may also prove to be a talking point.

Investors will also be keeping close tabs on another barrage of speeches from top Fed officials with Tuesday expected to see the most Fedspeak.

On home shores, the Conservative Party conference will begin on Sunday and last through to Wednesday.

The Chancellor will deliver a speech on Monday, followed by the Prime Minister the next day.

The Office for Budget Responsibility is due to provide its initial budget forecasts on Friday.

A raft of factory sector purchasing managers surveys for September covering the euro area, UK and US are due out on Monday with another set of surveys covering services expected on Wednesday.

Monday will also bring with it the results of the Bank of Japan's Tankan survey for confidence among large manufacturing sector firms.

On Tuesday, financial markets will be monitoring a reading on core consumer prices due out in Tokyo referencing the month of September.

Wednesday may see the Organisation for Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies announce a production cut of around 1.0m barrels a day, according to reports citing delegates, with reductions of 0.5m b/d and 1.5m b/d also on the table.

Monday 03 October

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Tortilla Mexican Grill

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Bristol Water 'A' 8 3/4% Cum Irrd Prf, Capital Limited (DI), CLS Holdings, Morgan Advance Materials 5% Cumulative 2nd Preference 1, Morgan Advance Materials 5.5% Cumulative 1st preference 1, RSA Insurance Group Limited 7 3/8% Cum Irrd Prf #1, Stand.Ch.7te%pr, Standard Chartered 8 1/4% Non-Cum Irrd Pref, TotalEnergies SE

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BlackRock Sustainable American Income Trust

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

Construction Spending (US) (15:00)

ISM Manufacturing (US) (15:00)

ISM Prices Paid (US) (15:00)

PMI Manufacturing (GER) (08:55)

PMI Manufacturing (EU) (09:00)

PMI Manufacturing (US) (14:45)

FINALS

James Halstead, Quadrise Fuels International

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Ariana Resources

UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

PMI Manufacturing (09:30)

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Appreciate Group

Tuesday 04 October

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Inspiration Healthcare Group

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Croda International, Holders Technology, Rathbones Group

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Factory Orders (US) (15:00)

Producer Price Index (EU) (10:00)

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Henderson Diversified Income Ltd.

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Greggs, Mondi

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Cohort

Wednesday 05 October

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Tesco

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CRH 7% 'A' Cum Prf (CDI), Savills

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Balance of Trade (GER) (07:00)

Balance of Trade (US) (13:30)

Crude Oil Inventories (US) (15:30)

ISM Prices Paid (US) (15:00)

ISM Services (US) (15:00)

MBA Mortgage Applications (US) (12:00)

PMI Composite (EU) (09:00)

PMI Composite (GER) (08:55)

PMI Composite (US) (14:45)

PMI Services (EU) (09:00)

PMI Services (GER) (08:55)

PMI Services (US) (14:45)

FINALS

Netcall

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Hambro Perks Acquisition Company Limited CLS A ORD NPV

UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

PMI Composite (09:30)

PMI Services (09:30)

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Solid State

Thursday 06 October

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Convatec Group , InterContinental Hotels Group, Intertek Group, Serco Group, Uniphar (CDI), Woodside Energy Group Ltd NPV (DI)

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Andrews Sykes Group, Bank of Georgia Group, Barr (A.G.), Bodycote, Centaur Media, Centrica, Christie Group, Curtis Banks Group, EMIS Group, Hammerson, HSS Hire Group , Hunting, Johnson Service Group, Judges Scientific, Keywords Studios, Kingfisher, Learning Technologies Group , Mears Group, Medica Group , Morgan Sindall Group, Mortgage Advice Bureau (Holdings) , Panther Securities, Personal Group Holdings, Phoenix Spree Deutschland Limited Shs NPV , Skillcast Group, Spectris, Stelrad Group , Strix Group , Synthomer, Tandem Group, Ten Entertainment Group , TP Icap Group , Travis Perkins, Triple Point Income VCT C, Triple Point Income VCT D, Triple Point Income VCT E, Vistry Group , Weir Group

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GSK

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Anglo Pacific Group, CT Private Equity Trust, CT UK High Income Trust, CT UK High Income Trust B , Law Debenture Corp., Marble Point Loan Financing Limited NPV, Marsh & Mclennan Cos Inc., Real Estate Investors, Supermarket Income Reit

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

Continuing Claims (US) (13:30)

Factory Orders (GER) (07:00)

Initial Jobless Claims (US) (13:30)

Retail Sales (EU) (10:00)

FINALS

Avation

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City of London Group

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Andrews Sykes Group, D4T4 Solutions, Foresight VCT

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Braemar , Diageo, T42 Iot Tracking Solutions NPV

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RS Group

UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

PMI Construction (09:30)

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Adept Technology Group, Inspects Group , Manolete Partners, MIGO Opportunities Trust

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Abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust, Begbies Traynor Group, Frenkel Topping Group, Heavitree Brewery 11 1/2% Cum Prf , Ingenta, K3 Capital Group , Kainos Group , Latham (James) 8% Cumulative Preference 1, Smith (DS), TPXimpact Holdings

Friday 07 October

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Alpha Fx Group , Cairn Homes (CDI), Camellia, Capital & Regional, Centamin (DI), Churchill China, CRH (CDI), Drax Group, Elecosoft Public Limited Company, Eurocell , Glanbia (CDI), Globaldata, Grafton Group Ut (CDI), Greggs, Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ltd Com Shs (DI), H&T Group, Irish Continental Group Units (Comp) (CDI), JPMorgan American Inv Trust, Kingspan Group (CDI), Lords Group Trading, Maven Income & Growth 4 VCT, Property Franchise Group, Secured Income Fund , Wentworth Resources NPV, Zotefoams

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Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA

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I3 Energy , Land Securities Group

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

Consumer Credit (US) (20:00)

Industrial Production (GER) (07:00)

Non-Farm Payrolls (US) (13:30)

Unemployment Rate (US) (13:30)

Wholesales Inventories (US) (15:00)

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Alfa Financial Software Holdings , NB Distressed Debt Investment Fund Limited Ext Shs, NB Distressed Debt Investment Fund Limited Red Ord

UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

Halifax House Price Index (07:00)

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DWF Group , Finncap Group , Walker Crips Group