The Week Ahead
Read about upcoming market-moving events and plan your trading week
Week commencing 18 November
Chris Beauchamp's insight
Consumer price index (CPI) readings from the UK, Canada and Japan, plus flash purchasing anagers' index (PMIs) around the globe, are the main economic events, but Nvidia’s earnings will dominate the week. Now the largest company in the world, Nvidia’s earnings mark the last highlight of US earnings season. Read more here.
Economic reports
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- Tuesday
- Wednesday
- Thursday
- Friday
- Weekly view
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1.30pm – Canada CPI (October): prices expected to fall 0.1% Month on month (MoM) from -0.4%. Year-over-year (YoY) rate to slow to 1.6% from 1.9%. Markets to watch: CAD crosses
7am – UK CPI (October): YoY figure expected to rise to 2% from 1.7%, MoM to rise to 0.1% from 0%. Core CPI to rise to 3.3% from 3.2% YoY. Markets to watch: GBP crosses
3.30pm – US EIA crude oil inventories (w/e 15 November): stockpiles rose by 2.09 million barrels in the previous week. Markets to watch: Brent, WTI
1.30pm – US initial jobless claims (w/e 16 November): claims fell to 217K in the previous week. Markets to watch: US indices, USD crosses
3pm – eurozone consumer confidence (November): expected to rise to -11, from -12.5. Markets to watch: EUR crosses
11.30pm – Japan CPI (October): prices rose by 2.5% YoY in September. Markets to watch: JPY crosses
12.30am – Japan PMI (November, flash): manufacturing activity rose to 49.2 in November, and services to 49.7. Markets to watch: JPY crosses
7am – UK retail sales (October): sales expected to rise by 0.4% MoM. Markets to watch: GBP crosses
8.30am – Germany PMI (November, flash): manufacturing activity expected to increase to 49.4. Markets to watch: EUR crosses
9.30am – UK PMI (November, flash): services PMI forecast to rise to 53 from 52, and manufacturing to move back into expansion at 50.1, from 49.9. Markets to watch: GBP crosses
2.45pm – US PMI (November, flash): manufacturing PMI expected to rise to 49.2 and services to fall to 54.8 from 55. Markets to watch: USD crosses
Monday
None
Tuesday
1.30pm – Canada CPI (October): prices expected to fall 0.1% MoM from -0.4%. YoY rate to slow to 1.6% from 1.9%. Markets to watch: CAD crosses
Wednesday
7am – UK CPI (October): YoY figure expected to rise to 2% from 1.7%, MoM to rise to 0.1% from 0%. Core CPI to rise to 3.3% from 3.2% YoY. Markets to watch: GBP crosses
3.30pm – US EIA crude oil inventories (w/e 15 November): stockpiles rose by 2.09 million barrels in the previous week. Markets to watch: Brent, WTI
Thursday
1.30pm – US initial jobless claims (w/e 16 November): claims fell to 217K in the previous week. Markets to watch: US indices, USD crosses
3pm – eurozone consumer confidence (November): expected to rise to -11, from -12.5. Markets to watch: EUR crosses
11.30pm – Japan CPI (October): prices rose by 2.5% YoY in September. Markets to watch: JPY crosses
Friday
12.30am – Japan PMI (November, flash): manufacturing activity rose to 49.2 in November, and services to 49.7. Markets to watch: JPY crosses
7am – UK retail sales (October): sales expected to rise by 0.4% MoM. Markets to watch: GBP crosses
8.30am – Germany PMI (November, flash): manufacturing activity expected to increase to 49.4. Markets to watch: EUR crosses
9.30am – UK PMI (November, flash): services PMI forecast to rise to 53 from 52, and manufacturing to move back into expansion at 50.1, from 49.9. Markets to watch: GBP crosses
2.45pm – US PMI (November, flash): manufacturing PMI expected to rise to 49.2 and services to fall to 54.8 from 55. Markets to watch: USD crosses
Company announcements
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Dividends
FTSE 100: National Grid, Scottish Mortgage, Vodafone, DCC, B&M European Value Retail
FTSE 250: Volution, Tate & Lyle, Urban Logistics, RS Group, Empiric Student Property, Kainos, 3i Infrastructure, Petershill Partners
Dividends are applied after the close of the previous day’s session for each market. So, for example, the FTSE 100 goes ex-dividend on a Thursday, but the adjustment is applied at the close of the previous day, e.g. Wednesday. The table below shows the days in which the adjustment is applied, not the ex-dividend days.
Index adjustments
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Monday 18 November |
Tuesday 19 November |
Wednesday 20 November |
Thursday 21 November |
Friday 22 November |
Monday 25 November |
| FTSE 100 | 5.59 | |||||
| Australia 200 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.3 | |||
| Wall Street | 5.1 | 7.6 | ||||
| US 500 | 0.08 | 0.18 | 0.91 | 0.25 | 0.07 | 0.43 |
| Nasdaq | 0.20 | 3.82 | 0.32 | 0.11 | ||
| Netherlands 25 | ||||||
| EU Stocks 50 | 0.7 | |||||
| China H-Shares | ||||||
| Singapore Blue Chip | 0.68 | 0.15 | ||||
| Hong Kong HS50 | ||||||
| South Africa 40 | ||||||
| Italy 40 | ||||||
| Japan 225 |
* Please note these can change without notice
1 Dividend adjustments due to be posted on a bank holiday will usually be posted on the previous working day
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