Investors' focus on a backend loaded week was likely to continue to be on the US inflation picture, not least as Federal Reserve policymakers were due to meet just a few days afterwards on 2-3 May.
Investors' focus over the coming week would be on Wednesday's consumer price data which may hold the ley to whether the Bank of England hikes rates again in early May.
Financial markets' focus over the coming week will be on key inflation readings due out in the US and the start of the corporate earnings season on Wall Street.
