Week ahead: China data, UK GDP in the spotlight
The market spotlight over the coming week will shift towards Asia.
On Tuesday, China's customs administration will release foreign trade figures for the month of October.
They will be followed on Thursday by consumer price data for the Asian giant covering that same month with money supply data set to follow on Friday.
In other Asia news, the minutes of the Bank of Japan's last policy meeting were due out on Sunday 5 November.
Rate-setters Down Under meanwhile were expected to announce a 15 basis point hike in their main policy rate on Tuesday to 4.35%.
Also on Friday, the Office for National Statistics will publish gross domestic product data for September.
Having eked out quarterly growth of 0.1% and 0.2% during the first and second quarters of 2023, the economy looked set to stagnate or even record a 0.1% quarter-on-quarter decline over the three months to September.
And Bank of England Governor, Andrew Bailey, was scheduled to deliver a speech on Wednesday.
In the euro area, the main risk event would be the final readings on S&P Global's services sector purchasing managers' indices for the bloc's major economies.
Stateside the University of Michigan would announce the preliminary results of its consumer confidence survey for November.
Monday 06 November
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
Consumer Credit (US) (20:00)
Factory Orders (GER) (07:00)
PMI Composite (EU) (09:00)
PMI Composite (GER) (08:55)
PMI Services (EU) (09:00)
PMI Services (GER) (08:55)
Q3
Kosmos Energy (DI)
EGMS
ROS Agro GDR REG S
UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
PMI Construction (09:30)
Tuesday 07 November
INTERIMS
3i Infrastructure
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
Balance of Trade (US) (13:30)
Industrial Production (GER) (07:00)
Producer Price Index (EU) (10:00)
FINALS
Associated British Foods, DotDigital Group
AGMS
Murray Income Trust, Time Finance
TRADING ANNOUNCEMENTS
Beazley, Direct Line Insurance Group, Hilton Food Group, IWG , Luceco , Persimmon
UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
Halifax House Price Index (07:00)
Retail Sales (00:01)
Wednesday 08 November
INTERIMS
Marks & Spencer Group
INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
Mobeus Income & Growth 2 Vct
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
Consumer Price Index (GER) (07:00)
Crude Oil Inventories (US) (15:30)
MBA Mortgage Applications (US) (12:00)
Retail Sales (EU) (10:00)
Wholesales Inventories (US) (15:00)
GMS
Superdry
FINALS
Smiths News , Time Out Group
AGMS
JPMorgan Emerging Markets Inv Trust
TRADING ANNOUNCEMENTS
Hiscox Limited (DI), ITV
FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
Manchester & London Investment Trust
Thursday 09 November
INTERIMS
3i Group, Auto Trader Group , Cropper (James), National Grid, Urban Logistics Reit, Wincanton, Wizz Air Holdings
INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
Octopus AIM VCT 2, Plus500 Ltd (DI)
INTERIM EX-DIVIDEND DATE
Airtel Africa , Anpario, Burford Capital NPV (DI), C&C Group (CDI), Catalyst Media Group, London Security, Sainsbury (J), SThree, Touchstar, Warpaint London
QUARTERLY PAYMENT DATE
BlackRock Latin American Inv Trust
QUARTERLY EX-DIVIDEND DATE
Balanced Commercial Property Trust Limited , BP, Chenavari Toro Income Fund Limited NPV, Greencoat Renewables (CDI), Picton Property Income Ltd, Seplat Energy (DI), The Renewables Infrastructure Group Limited
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
Continuing Claims (US) (13:30)
Initial Jobless Claims (US) (13:30)
Q3
Apax Global Alpha Limited , AstraZeneca, Burford Capital NPV (DI), Endeavour Mining, Indivior, Wheaton Precious Metals Corp.NPV (CDI)
FINALS
WH Smith
SPECIAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
Plus500 Ltd (DI)
SPECIAL EX-DIVIDEND DATE
abrdn Smaller Companies Income Trust, Softcat
EGMS
Fix Price Group Gdr (Each repr 1) (Reg s)
AGMS
Libertine Holdings, Libertine Holdings, Thor Energy , UIL Limited (DI)
TRADING ANNOUNCEMENTS
Domino's Pizza Group, Flutter Entertainment (CDI), Lancashire Holdings Limited, S4 Capital, Taylor Wimpey, Vistry Group
UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
RICS Housing Market Survey (00:01)
FINAL EX-DIVIDEND DATE
Galliford Try, Genus, NCC Group, Schroder BSC Social Impact Trust, Softcat
Friday 10 November
INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
Bodycote, Breedon Group , Chesnara, Kerry Group 'A' Shares (CDI), LSL Property Services, Puma Alpha Vct , Senior, Spectris, Spirax-Sarco Engineering, Travis Perkins
QUARTERLY PAYMENT DATE
Tufton Oceanic Assets Limited NPV
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
U. of Michigan Confidence (Prelim) (US) (15:00)
Q3
Allianz Technology Trust
GMS
Minoan Group
SPECIAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
Mid Wynd International Inv Trust
AGMS
DFS Furniture, Galliford Try, Redrow
UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
Balance of Trade (07:00)
Gross Domestic Product (07:00)
Index of Services (07:00)
Industrial Production (07:00)
Manufacturing Production (07:00)
FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
JPMorgan Emerging Markets Inv Trust, Mid Wynd International Inv Trust