Week ahead: U.S. nonfarm payrolls, Global PMIs in the spotlight

All eyes over the coming week would be on the U.S. non-farm payrolls report for March.

Consensus was that the data, due out Friday, would reveal a slowdown in the pace of hiring from February's pace of 275,000 to 198,000 in March.

Average hourly earnings growth was expected to pick up a bit, from 0.1% month-on-month to 0.3%.

Revisions to previous months' readings might also potentially move the dial with financial markets.

Nevertheless, should the consensus be proven right then the report would be consistent with a solid pace of economic growth.

Also due out across the week was a raft of purchasing managers' surveys from across the world.

First out would be the Caixin manufacturing sector PMI for China in March, on Monday, followed by the US ISM's factory PMI later that same day.

On Tuesday, S&P Global would publish euro area and UK factory PMIs.

Equivalent PMIs but for services in those same two regions would follow on Thursday.

UK house price surveys from Nationwide and Halifax were also due out, on Monday and Friday, respectively, alongside consumer credit and net lending figures on Tuesday.

Monday 01 April

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

Construction Spending (US) (15:00)

ISM Manufacturing (US) (15:00)

ISM Prices Paid (US) (15:00)

PMI Manufacturing (US) (14:45)

FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE

General Accident (Prf), Morgan Advance Materials 5% Cumulative 2nd Preference 1, Morgan Advance Materials 5.5% Cumulative 1st preference 1

Tuesday 02 April

INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE

Ashmore Group, Braemar , Fonix Mobile , MJ Gleeson

QUARTERLY PAYMENT DATE

RM Infrastructure Income

QUARTERLY EX-DIVIDEND DATE

Wheaton Precious Metals Corp.NPV (CDI)

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

Auto Sales (US) (21:30)

Factory Orders (US) (15:00)

PMI Manufacturing (GER) (08:55)

PMI Manufacturing (EU) (09:00)

GMS

Catenai, Leeds Building Society 13 3/8% Bearing Shares, Oncimmune Holdings, Oncimmune Holdings

SPECIAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE

Shoe Zone

EGMS

DP Eurasia N.V. (DI)

UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

BRC Shop Price Index (00:01)

Consumer Credit (09:30)

M4 Money Supply (09:30)

Mortgage Approvals (09:30)

PMI Manufacturing (09:30)

FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE

Bristol Water 'A' 8 3/4% Cum Irrd Prf, Northern Electricity Prf, RSA Insurance Group Limited 7 3/8% Cum Irrd Prf #1, Shoe Zone, Stand.Ch.7te%pr, Standard Chartered 8 1/4% Non-Cum Irrd Pref

Wednesday 03 April

QUARTERLY PAYMENT DATE

Tetragon Financial Group Limited

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

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 (US) (14:45)

PMI Services (US) (14:45)

Unemployment Rate (EU) (10:00)

GMS

Downing Strategic Micro-Cap Investment Trust Red

FINALS

Hilton Food Group, Pantheon Infrastructure

EGMS

SDIC Power Holdings Co.,Ltd GDR (Reg S)

FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE

Barclays

Thursday 04 April

INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE

London Finance & Investment Group, PZ Cussons, South32 Limited (DI)

INTERIM EX-DIVIDEND DATE

B.P. Marsh & Partners, Chemring 7% Cumulative Preference Shares 1, Grit Real Estate Income Group Limited NPV, Heavitree Brewery 11 1/2% Cum Prf , Latham (James) 8% Cumulative Preference 1, Smiths Group, The European Smaller Companies Trust, VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity Fund Ltd.

QUARTERLY EX-DIVIDEND DATE

CT UK High Income Trust, CT UK High Income Trust B , Real Estate Investors

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

Balance of Trade (US) (13:30)

Continuing Claims (US) (13:30)

Initial Jobless Claims (US) (13:30)

PMI Composite (EU) (09:00)

PMI Composite (GER) (08:55)

PMI Services (EU) (09:00)

PMI Services (GER) (08:55)

Producer Price Index (EU) (10:00)

FINALS

LungLife AI, Inc (DI)

EGMS

Globaltrans Investment GDR (Reg S)

AGMS

Rio Tinto, Scottish American Inv Company

UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

PMI Composite (09:30)

PMI Services (09:30)

FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE

Apax Global Alpha Limited , Brunner Inv Trust, Woodside Energy Group Ltd NPV (DI)

FINAL EX-DIVIDEND DATE

Alpha Group International, Breedon Group , Dalata Hotel Group (CDI), Direct Line Insurance Group, Domino's Pizza Group, European Assets Trust , Hammerson, IMI, InterContinental Hotels Group, Kitwave Group, Mondi, OSB Group , Rentokil Initial, The Pebble Group

Friday 05 April

INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE

Molten Ventures VCT , Pennon Group, Sylvania Platinum Ltd (DI)

QUARTERLY PAYMENT DATE

Real Estate Credit Investments Ltd, Regional REIT Limited

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

Consumer Credit (US) (20:00)

Factory Orders (GER) (07:00)

Import Price Index (GER) (08:00)

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

Retail Sales (EU) (10:00)

Unemployment Rate (US) (13:30)

AGMS

Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy (DI)

UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

Halifax House Price Index (07:00)

PMI Construction (09:30)

FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE

CRH 7% 'A' Cum Prf (CDI), Nexus Infrastructure , Rights & Issues Investment Trust , Titon Holdings