Week ahead: Central bank speakers, Global PMIs in focus
Investors' focus over the coming week will be on a veritable flood of central bank speakers from across several of the world's main economies on the occasion of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank's annual meetings in Washington D.C..
Included amongst those will be the heads of the Bank of England and European Central Bank, both on Tuesday.
Preceding them on the day before will be a flurry of top Federal Reserve officials.
Linked to the debate around monetary policy going forwards, on Wednesday the US Fed will release its so-called 'Beige Book' ahead of its November policy meeting.
A barrage of purchasing manager survey results for euro area manufacturing and services will be published on Thursday in the UK, euro area and US.
US durable goods orders data for September, which are due out on Friday, may also make for interesting reading.
So too the latest readings on UK consumer confidence from consultancy GfK, on Thursday, and from the University of Michigan, for US consumers, on Friday.
Rate-setters in Canada and China will meet to decide on Monday and Wednesday, respectively.
Monday 21 October
QUARTERLY PAYMENT DATE
JPMorgan Japan Small Cap Growth & Income
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
Producer Price Index (GER) (07:00)
FINALS
Tristel
Tuesday 22 October
INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
Central Asia Metals
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
Existing Home Sales (US) (15:00)
GMS
Atrato Onsite Energy
FINALS
Aptamer Group, Nanoco Group, The Revel Collective, Virgin Wines UK
ANNUAL REPORT
Petra Diamonds Ltd.(DI), Virgin Wines UK
SPECIAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
SLF Realisation Fund Limited C Shs NPV, SLF Realisation Fund Limited NPV
AGMS
Hargreaves Lansdown, Newmark Security PLC
TRADING ANNOUNCEMENTS
Gear4music (Holdings), InterContinental Hotels Group, Sosandar, System1 Group
UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
Public Sector Net Borrowing (07:00)
Q1
Petra Diamonds Ltd.(DI)
Wednesday 23 October
INTERIMS
B.P. Marsh & Partners
INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
Restore
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
Consumer Confidence (GER) (15:00)
Crude Oil Inventories (US) (15:30)
MBA Mortgage Applications (US) (12:00)
PMI Composite (US) (14:45)
PMI Manufacturing (US) (14:45)
PMI Services (US) (14:45)
Q3
PensionBee Group
GMS
Corcel, Premier African Minerals Ltd
IMSS
Lloyds Banking Group
AGMS
Ferro-Alloy Resources Limited NPV, Mid Wynd International Inv Trust
TRADING ANNOUNCEMENTS
Barratt Redrow, Gem Diamonds Ltd. (DI)
FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
Jet2
Thursday 24 October
INTERIMS
Bloomsbury Publishing
INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
Harworth Group, Morgan Sindall Group
INTERIM EX-DIVIDEND DATE
BAE Systems, Marshalls, Morgan Advanced Materials , Sanderson Design Group, Serica Energy, Touchstar
QUARTERLY PAYMENT DATE
Abrdn DIversified Income And Growth, Law Debenture Corp.
QUARTERLY EX-DIVIDEND DATE
Brunner Inv Trust, City of London Inv Trust, Tufton Oceanic Assets Limited NPV
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
Continuing Claims (US) (13:30)
Initial Jobless Claims (US) (13:30)
New Homes Sales (US) (15:00)
PMI Composite (EU) (09:00)
PMI Composite (GER) (08:30)
PMI Manufacturing (GER) (07:30)
PMI Manufacturing (09:30)
PMI Manufacturing (EU) (09:00)
PMI Services (09:30)
PMI Services (EU) (09:00)
PMI Services (GER) (08:30)
Q3
Essentra, Indivior, Kerry Group 'A' Shares (CDI)
FINALS
Gattaca, Softcat
ANNUAL REPORT
Brooks Macdonald Group
SPECIAL EX-DIVIDEND DATE
Thorpe (F.W.)
AGMS
Alumasc Group, Brooks Macdonald Group, Kooth , Tufton Oceanic Assets Limited NPV
TRADING ANNOUNCEMENTS
Inchcape, London Stock Exchange Group, Renishaw, Unilever, W.A.G Payment Solutions
UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
PMI Composite (09:30)
FINAL EX-DIVIDEND DATE
Kier Group, MJ Gleeson , Pacific Horizon Inv Trust, Thorpe (F.W.), Wetherspoon (J.D.)
Friday 25 October
INTERIMS
Airtel Africa
INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
Advanced Medical Solutions Group, Centaur Media, Computacenter, Diales, Drax Group, Equals Group , Essentra, Facilities by ADF, Fidelity European Trust, Good Energy Group, HGCapital Trust, Hunting, JTC, Luceco , Palace Capital , Public Policy Holding Company, Inc.(DI), Rightmove, Skillcast Group, Stelrad Group
QUARTERLY PAYMENT DATE
Alpha Real Trust Ltd., Patria Private Equity Trust, Real Estate Investors, Value and Indexed Property Income Trust
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
Durable Goods Orders (US) (13:30)
M3 Money Supply (EU) (09:00)
GMS
Europa Metals Ltd NPV (DI)
FINALS
Petra Diamonds Ltd.(DI)
SPECIAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
Albion Development VCT, Albion Enterprise VCT, Albion Kay VCT
AGMS
KCR Residential Reit, Oil & Gas Development Company Ltd GDR (Reg S), Oil & Gas Development Company Ltd GDR (Reg S), Scancell Holdings
UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
Retail Sales (07:00)
FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
Artemis Alpha Trust, Fletcher King, FRP Advisory Group , Kainos Group , Litigation Capital Management Limited (DI), Miton UK Microcap Trust, Rank Group