Week ahead: Spotlight to shift back towards Asia
The market spotlight will shift back towards Asia this week, with Chinese foreign trade data for October due out on Wednesday, followed by fresh figures on the rate of growth of credit in Asia's largest economy on Friday.
In parallel, from Tuesday onwards investors will be waiting on a Chinese central bank report on the current level of the country's foreign exchange reserves.
Investors in Japanese assets will also have a lot to contend with, with separate reports on foreign trade, the current account balance and machinery orders all set for release on Wednesday, followed by the latest numbers on M2 money supply on Thursday.
Back in the UK, the week's main release won't come until Friday, when ONS will publish its latest reading on British industrial and manufacturing production in the month of September, alongside the latest foreign trade data.
Stateside, Fed chair Janet Yellen is scheduled to speak on Monday, with the latest quarterly Senior Loan Officer survey results also due out.
Otherwise, the week's main US data point should be the University of Michigan's preliminary reading on consumer confidence for November, on Friday.
Meanwhile, in the euro area, the European Commission will publish its fall forecasts on Wednesday.
Down Under, the Reserve Bank of Australia is due to decided on interest rates come Tuesday.
To take note of, Americans will observe Armistice Day on Friday as a result of which federal government offices will remain closed.
Monday November 06
INTERIMS
Grafenia
INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
Elecosoft, Huntsworth, Manx Telecom , Morrison (Wm) Supermarkets, Safestyle UK , Synthomer, WPP
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
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)
Producer Price Index (EU) (10:00)
GMS
Hilton Food Group
FINALS
Beximco Pharmaceuticals Ltd. GDR (Reg S)
AGMS
Genesis Emerging Markets Fund Ltd Ptg NPV, Mid Wynd International Inv Trust, Murray Income Trust
TRADING ANNOUNCEMENTS
Morgan Advanced Materials , Morgan Advanced Materials
FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
CPL Resources, Schroder Japan Growth Fund
Tuesday November 07
INTERIMS
Carclo, First Derivatives
INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
Mears Group
QUARTERLY PAYMENT DATE
JPMorgan Asian Investment Trust
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
Consumer Credit (US) (19:00)
Industrial Production (GER) (06:00)
Retail Sales (EU) (10:00)
Q3
Convatec Group , Direct Line Insurance Group, Hiscox Limited (DI)
GMS
Cloudcall Group
FINALS
Associated British Foods, Imperial Brands , Up Global Sourcing Holdings
IMSS
Hiscox Limited (DI)
AGMS
Papillon Holdings, Plutus PowerGen
TRADING ANNOUNCEMENTS
Convatec Group , Conviviality, Direct Line Insurance Group, Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group, Tyman
Wednesday November 08
INTERIMS
JZ Capital Partners Ltd, Marks & Spencer Group, Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Ltd, Sophos Group , SSE, Wizz Air Holdings , Workspace Group
INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
STM Group
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
Crude Oil Inventories (US) (15:30)
MBA Mortgage Applications (US) (11:00)
Q3
Bank Pekao SA GDS (Reg S)
FINALS
Tracsis
EGMS
Symphony Environmental Technologies
AGMS
Craneware, Haynes Publishing Group, InnovaDerma, Macau Property Opportunities Fund Ltd., Pathfinder Minerals , Picton Property Income Ltd, Ricardo, Strategic Equity Capital
TRADING ANNOUNCEMENTS
esure Group, Novae Group, OneSavings Bank, Persimmon, Tullow Oil, Wetherspoon (J.D.)
UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
RICS Housing Market Survey (23:01)
FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
Begbies Traynor Group
Thursday November 09
INTERIMS
Burberry Group, Dairy Crest Group, Halfords Group, National Grid, Prime People, Renewi , Sainsbury (J), Wincanton
INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
Cenkos Securities, International Public Partnerships Ltd., Ladbrokes Coral Group, Scisys
INTERIM EX-DIVIDEND DATE
BlackRock Smaller Companies Trust, British American Inv Trust, Card Factory, Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 2, Panther Securities, RTC Group, Strix Group , System1 Group, Triple Point VCT 2011, Whitbread
QUARTERLY EX-DIVIDEND DATE
BP, Civitas Social Housing , F&C Commercial Property Trust Ltd., Fair Oaks Income Limited 2014 Shs NPV, GlaxoSmithKline, IBM Corp.
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
Balance of Trade (GER) (07:00)
Continuing Claims (US) (12:30)
Import and Export Price Indexes (US) (07:00)
Initial Jobless Claims (US) (12:30)
Wholesales Inventories (US) (15:00)
Q3
Aldermore Group, Arrow Global Group, AstraZeneca, Coca-Cola HBC AG (CDI), Inmarsat
GMS
Jersey Oil And Gas
FINALS
Gattaca
IMSS
IMI
SPECIAL EX-DIVIDEND DATE
Card Factory, Manchester & London Investment Trust
AGMS
Eagle Eye Solutions Group, Primorus Investments, Redrow, Swallowfield, Urals Energy Public Co Ltd. (DI)
TRADING ANNOUNCEMENTS
Beazley, Coca-Cola HBC AG (CDI), Derwent London, Informa
UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
Balance of Trade (09:30)
FINAL EX-DIVIDEND DATE
Clinigen Group, Craneware, Foresight Solar & Infrastructure VCT, Foresight Solar & Infrastructure VCT 'C', Genesis Emerging Markets Fund Ltd Ptg NPV, Go-Ahead Group, JPMorgan Smaller Companies Inv Trust, Manchester & London Investment Trust, OPG Power Ventures, Revolution Bars Group
Friday November 10
INTERIMS
Castings, Volex
INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
AA , Charles Taylor, Harwood Wealth Management Group, Hastings Group Holdings , Kerry Group 'A' Shares, Kingfisher, M&C Saatchi, Restore, Spectris, Spirax-Sarco Engineering, TP ICAP, Travis Perkins, Zegona Communications
SPECIAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
Alternative Liquidity Fund Limited, Bioventix
AGMS
Galliford Try, VinaLand Ltd
UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
Industrial Production (09:30)
Manufacturing Production (09:30)
FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
Bioventix, Daejan Holdings, Mid Wynd International Inv Trust, Photo-Me International