Tuesday preview: Few if any references for investors in shortened pre-Christmas session
No major economic releases or corporate updates are scheduled in the UK, US or Eurozone for Tuesday.
Trading on the London Stock Exchange is scheduled to end at 1230 GMT in observance of the Christmas holiday and that on US stock markets will finish at 1800 GMT.
Tuesday 24 December
INTERIM EX-DIVIDEND DATE
BT Group, Dart Group, Dixons Carphone , Halma, Morses Club
QUARTERLY EX-DIVIDEND DATE
Aberdeen Diversified Income and Growth Trust , British American Tobacco, Duke Royalty Limited
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
Q3 Dutch GDP (0530 GMT)
SPECIAL EX-DIVIDEND DATE
Electra Private Equity, Naked Wines
FINAL EX-DIVIDEND DATE
Bovis Homes Group, Grainger, JPMorgan Chinese Inv Trust, JPMorgan Japanese Inv Trust