Tuesday preview: Chinese inflation data, fund managers in focus
All eyes on Tuesday will be on the latest Chinese consumer and factory gate price data referencing the month of September.
Back in the UK, ONS will publish its employment report for the same month.
On the Continent meanwhile, Italian premier, Giuseppe Conte, is to deliver a speech at 1400 BST, ahead of the European Union summit which is due to begin on the following day.
He will be preceded by the ZEW institute's gauge of analyst confidence in Germany for the month of October, at 100 BST.
Stateside, the focus will be on the release of the latest monthly industrial production figures at 1330 BST, followed by the JOLTS labour market survey for August, at 1500 BST.
The corporate spotlight on Tuesday will be on fund managers, with both Ashmore and Man Group set to provide investors with updates.
For the former, which specialises in emerging markets, analysts at Numis forecast first quarter assets under management of $74.8bn.
In a research note sent to clients, analyst David McCann said Ashmore was a "core" long-term sector holding due to the long-term structural growth expected in EM AuM.
However, he conceded there were key short-to-medium term headwinds, citing revenue margin pressures and the uncrtain direction of future flows.
For Man Group, McCann had penciled-in third quarter AuM of $114.4bn, even as he pointed out the "many" short to medium-term uncertainties extant, including inconsistent performance/performance fees, volatile flows and significant fee margin pressure.
Nevertheless, there was potential upside from its existing surplus capital, he said, which might be either distributed or used for mergers and acquisitions.
In McCann's view, the latter was more likely.
Monday October 22
INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
Standard Chartered
ANNUAL REPORT
Petra Diamonds Ltd.(DI)
AGMS
City of London Investment Group, Vast Resources, Zibao Metals Recycling Holdings
Tuesday October 23
INTERIMS
1Spatial, Bloomsbury Publishing
INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
Pendragon, Playtech, The Simplybiz Group
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
Producer Price Index (GER) (07:00)
IMSS
Reckitt Benckiser Group
AGMS
Aberforth Split Level Income Trust , Coral Products, Mcbride, Mirada, OPG Power Ventures
TRADING ANNOUNCEMENTS
Anglo American, Plus500 Ltd (DI)
UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
CBI Industrial Trends Surveys (11:00)
FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
Renishaw
Wednesday October 24
INTERIMS
Stobart Group Ltd.
INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
BBGI SICAV S.A. (DI), Hunting
INTERIM EX-DIVIDEND DATE
Howden Joinery Group
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
Crude Oil Inventories (US) (15:30)
House Price Index (US) (14:00)
M3 Money Supply (EU) (09:00)
MBA Mortgage Applications (US) (12:00)
New Homes Sales (US) (15:00)
FINALS
Image Scan Holdings
SPECIAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
Hargreave Hale AIM VCT
AGMS
Beeks Financial Cloud Group, Dekeloil Public Ltd, Photo-Me International, Redde
TRADING ANNOUNCEMENTS
Antofagasta
UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
BBA Mortgage Lending Figures (09:30)
Thursday October 25
INTERIMS
Air Partner
INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
AIREA, Capital & Regional, GVC Holdings, Oakley Capital Investments Ltd. (DI)
INTERIM EX-DIVIDEND DATE
Aberdeen New Thai Inv Trust, Animalcare Group, Coats Group, Harwood Wealth Management Group, ITV, M&C Saatchi, Next Fifteen Communications, S&U, Smart Metering Systems, Walker Greenbank, William Hill
QUARTERLY PAYMENT DATE
Fair Oaks Income Limited 2014 Shs NPV, Fair Oaks Income Limited 2017 Shs NPV, General Electric Co
QUARTERLY EX-DIVIDEND DATE
Custodian Reit
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
Continuing Claims (US) (13:30)
Durable Goods Orders (US) (13:30)
ECB Interest Rate (EU) (12:45)
GFK Consumer Confidence (GER) (08:00)
IFO Business Climate (GER) (09:00)
IFO Current Assessment (GER) (09:00)
IFO Expectations (GER) (09:00)
Initial Jobless Claims (US) (13:30)
Pending Homes Sales (US) (15:00)
Q3
Mail.ru Group Ltd GDR (Reg S), Novolipetsk Steel GDS (Reg S)
FINALS
RDI Reit
SPECIAL EX-DIVIDEND DATE
Artemis VCT, Bioventix
AGMS
1pm, Filtronic, Goldplat, Green & Smart Holdings, Mattioli Woods, Octagonal, Oil & Gas Development Company Ltd GDR (Reg S), Premaitha Health, South32 Limited (DI) , Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust
TRADING ANNOUNCEMENTS
Hastings Group Holdings , WPP
FINAL EX-DIVIDEND DATE
Avingtrans, Bioventix, Dechra Pharmaceuticals, El Oro Ltd, Ferguson, Haynes Publishing Group, Joules Group, JPMorgan Emerging Markets Inv Trust, Mulberry Group, TR European Growth Trust, Wetherspoon (J.D.)
Friday October 26
INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
Advanced Medical Solutions Group, Barr (A.G.), Central Asia Metals, Dignity, Equiniti Group , Flowtech Fluidpower, Global Ports Holding, Hansteen Holdings, HGCapital Trust, John Laing Group , JPMorgan Russian Securities, JTC, Keystone Law Group , Keywords Studios, Medica Group , Midwich Group, Mortgage Advice Bureau (Holdings) , Premier Technical Services Group , Smurfit Kappa Group, Strix Group , Trans-Siberian Gold, Xpediator
QUARTERLY PAYMENT DATE
Real Estate Investors, Standard Life Private Equity Trust, Value and Income Trust
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
GDP (Preliminary) (US) (13:30)
U. of Michigan Confidence (US) (15:00)
Q3
International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (CDI), Royal Bank of Scotland Group
AGMS
Argos Resources Ltd. (DI), K3 Capital Group , Paternoster Resources, Springfield Properties , Springfield Properties
TRADING ANNOUNCEMENTS
Glencore
FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
Consort Medical, Dart Group, Eckoh, Fulcrum Utility Services Ltd. (DI), IG Group Holdings, Mattioli Woods, Octagonal