Wednesday preview: US CPI, Burberry in the spotlight

At 1330 BST the Department of Labor is expected to announce that the year-on-year rate of increase in headline consumer prices ticked lower by a tenth of a percentage point in April to 3.4%.

Core CPI gains meanwhile were seen slowing from 3.8% to 3.6%.

Also of great interest will be a report on US retail sales due out in parallel covering that same month.

Across the Channel, at 0900 BST Eurostat will publish first quarter euro area employment and GDP figures, together with industrial production data for March.

No major economic releases are scheduled in the UK.

In the company arena, Burberry's 2024 fiscal year results will be in focus.

UBS analyst Zuzanna Pusz believes investors' attention will be on the retailer's FY 2025 outlook, growth by consumer clusters, especially in China, the latest trends and on any updates around possible cost measures.

Pusz noted how the shares' current valuation was no longer implying that Burberry's turnaround would be successful.

Wednesday 15 May

FINALS

Vertu Motors, CREO MEDICAL GROUP, Lords Group Trading, Experian

INTERIMS

Compass Group,TUI AG Reg Shs (DI), Britvic, Imperial Brands, Ultimate Products

Q1

Allianz Technology Trust, Conduit Holdings Limited Com Shs (DI)

Q3

Renalytix (Reg S)

TRADING ANNOUNCEMENTS

Spirax-Sarco Engineering, TP Icap Group

AGMs

Burford Capital NPV (DI), Bridgepoint Group (Reg S), JPMorgan American Inv Trust, Greggs, St James's Place, Vanquis Banking Group 20, Conduit Holdings Limited Com Shs (DI), Vesuvius, The Renewables Infrastructure Group Limited, Aura Renewable Acquisitions, TP Icap Group, Permanent TSB Group Holdings (CDI), IQGEO Group, Keller Group, Funding Circle Holdings, Marshalls, Literacy Capital, LMS Capital, MPAC Group, Spirax-Sarco Engineering, Savills, Seneca Growth Capital Vct

GMs

Redde Northgate

FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE

DFI Retail Group Holdings Limited (Bermuda Regd), Mandarin Oriental International (Bermuda), DFI Retail Group Holdings Limited (Jersey Reg), Mandarin Oriental International (Jersey), Hongkong Land Holding Ltd. (Bermuda), Mandarin Oriental International (Singapore), Hongkong Land Holding Ltd. (Jersey), DFI Retail Group Holdings Limited (Sing.Reg), Hongkong Land Holding Ltd. (Sing.Reg), Capital Limited (DI), Rentokil Initial, Jardine Matheson Holdings Ltd. (Bermuda), Just Group, TT Electronics, Jardine Matheson Holdings Ltd. (Jersey), Jardine Matheson Holdings Ltd (Singapore Reg)

INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE

Grit Real Estate Income Group Limited NPV

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

Industrial Production (EU) (10:00)

GDP (Preliminary) (EU) (10:00)

MBA Mortgage Applications (US) (12:00)

Retail Sales Less Autos (US) (13:30)

Retail Sales (US) (13:30)

Consumer Price Index (US) (13:30)

Business Inventories (US) (15:00)

Crude Oil Inventories (US) (15:30)