Friday preview: UK retail sales, public sector net borrowing in focus
The financial market spotlight would shift back towards the UK at the end of the week.
At 0700 BST the Office for National Statistics was due to publish figures for retail sales and public sector net borrowing, both covering the month of June.
Consensus was for the former to show a 0.2% gain month-on-month, while the latter was expected to reveal that borrowing increased to a pace of £22bn .
But first, data for the month of June were due out overnight covering Japanese consumer prices, excluding fresh food and energy.
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
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UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
GFK Consumer Confidence (00:01)
Retail Sales (07:00)
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