Friday preview: US producer prices, UK GDP in the spotlight
Inflation trends in the States would continue to be the main focus for investors at the end of the week.
At 1330 BST the Department of Labor was expected to report that producer prices increased at a month-on-month pace of 0.2% in July.
Also due out, at 1500 BST, were the preliminary results for the University of Michigan's consumer confidence gauge covering the month of August.
Economists had penciled in a reading of 71.0.
On home shores meanwhile, at 0700 BST the Office for National Statistics was expected to announce that the UK's gross domestic product growth was flat over the three months to June.
Friday 11 August
INTERIMS
Beazley
AGMs
TwentyFour Select Monthly Income Fund Limited, SIMEC Atlantis Energy Limited (DI)
FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
Triad Group, Strix Group, Sanderson Design Group, Telecom Plus, Ninety One, Next 15 Group
Caffyns, Wincanton, Cmc Markets
INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
Montanaro UK Smaller Companies Inv Trust, Unicorn AIM VCT, Schroder European Real Estate Investment Trust
SPECIAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
Sportech
QUARTERLY PAYMENT DATE
Tufton Oceanic Assets Limited NPV, BlackRock Latin American Inv Trust
UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
Balance of Trade (07:00)
Gross Domestic Product (07:00)
Index of Services (07:00)
Industrial Production (07:00)
Manufacturing Production (07:00)
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
Producer Price Index (US) (13:30)
U. of Michigan Confidence (Prelim) (US) (15:00)