Thursday preview: German and Spanish CPI data due out
Investor focus on Thursday will be on German and Spanish consumer price data for November.
The latest figures will arrive amid an intense debate regarding what the pace of interest rate cuts by the European Central Bank will be.
The European Commission meanwhile will release its latest monthly economic sentiment index.
Overnight, consumer price data for Tokyo in November are due out, alongside industrial production figures covering October.
No major economic reports are scheduled for release in the UK.
US financial markets will remain closed in observance of Thanksgiving.
Thursday 28 November
INTERIMS
Foresight Group Holdings Limited NPV, Pennon Group, Theracryf , TPXimpact Holdings
INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
Octopus AIM VCT 2, Tribal Group
INTERIM EX-DIVIDEND DATE
3i Group, Calnex Solutions , CML Microsystems, FirstGroup, Hill and Smith, Investec Non-Red Non-Cum Non-Part Prf Shs, James Halstead 5.5% Cumulative Preference 1, Marks & Spencer Group, Marks Electrical Group, Michelmersh Brick Holdings, Norcros, Octopus Titan VCT , Oxford Instruments, Record, Renold 6% Cum. Prfd., Severn Trent, United Utilities Group, Volex, Worldwide Healthcare Trust
QUARTERLY EX-DIVIDEND DATE
BlackRock World Mining Trust, Canadian General Investments Ltd., Diversified Energy Company , Downing Renewables & Infrastructure Trust, Land Securities Group, Petrotal Corporation NPV (DI), Premier Miton Global Renewables Trust
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
Consumer Price Index (GER) (13:00)
Continuing Claims (US) (13:30)
Economic Sentiment Indicator (EU) (10:00)
Industrial Confidence (EU) (10:00)
Initial Jobless Claims (US) (13:30)
M3 Money Supply (EU) (09:00)
Services Sentiment (EU) (10:00)
FINALS
Impax Asset Management Group
SPECIAL EX-DIVIDEND DATE
Ithaca Energy
AGMS
Argent Biopharma Limited NPV (DI), Castillo Copper Limited NPV (DI), EnSilica , Galliford Try, London Finance & Investment Group, SLF Realisation Fund Limited NPV, Thor Energy , Zentra Group
FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
Pacific Horizon Inv Trust, Wetherspoon (J.D.)
FINAL EX-DIVIDEND DATE
Avation, AVI Global Trust , Aviva 8 3/4% Cumulative Irrd Preference 1, Bellway, Craneware, Croda International 5.9% Cumulative Preference 1, Croda International 6.6% Cumulative Preference 1, Fidelity Special Values, Fiske, Natwest Group 11% Cum Non-Red Prf Gbp1 , Natwest Group 5.5% Cum Non-Red Prf Gbp1, Pan African Resources, Rotork 9.5% Cum Prf. #1, Tristel, YouGov