Wednesday preview: Fedspeak, Bank of India in focus
America's central bank would continue to be the centre of attention in the middle of the week with several of its top officials set to take to the podium.
Investors would be carefully parsing their remarks to see how their views on the outlook for interest rates might have changed.
First off would Federal Reserve Bank of New York chief, John Williams, at 1415 GMT, who was to be interviewed at a Wall Street Journal Live event.
He would be followed a quarter of an hour later by Fed Governor Lisa Cook, at 1730 GMT by Minneapolis Fed boss Neel Kashkari and at 1845 GMT by Governor Christoper Waller.
Across the Channel meanwhile, investors would be keeping an eye on Italian retail sales figures for the month of December and on survey results for French business sentiment in January.
On home shores, overnight the Recruitment and Employment Confederation will publish its permanent staff and salaries indices.
Further afield, in India, rate-setters will meet to decide on interest rates.
Wednesday 08 February
FINALS
Hardide, Smurfit Kappa Group (CDI)
INTERIMS
Barratt Developments, CAP-XX Limited, Ashmore Group
TRADING ANNOUNCEMENTS
Severn Trent
AGMs
Keystone Positive Change Investment Trust, AJ Bell, Grainger
FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
Britvic
Cerillion
FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
Britvic, Cerillion
SPECIAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
BlackRock Latin American Inv Trust
QUARTERLY PAYMENT DATE
BlackRock Latin American Inv Trust
International Economic Announcements
MBA Mortgage Applications (US) (12:00)
Wholesales Inventories (US) (15:00)
Crude Oil Inventories (US) (15:30)