Tuesday preview: US CPI, UK employment in focus

The market spotlight on Tuesday was expected to continue to be on the banking sector with investors keen to see whether the relative calm in the US was mirrored on this side of the Pond.

Indeed, events were moving exceedingly quickly with economists at Barclays Research and Goldman Sachs having moved to predict that the Federal Reserve would now not hike rates at all at its 21-22 March meeting.

Against that backdrop, US consumer price figures for the month of February were expected to reveal a slowdown in the annual rate of increase in headline consumer prices from 6.4% in January to 6.1%.

Nevertheless, recent events meant those inflation figure were taking a back seat in investors' minds.

Also due out were UK employment data for January at 0700 GMT from the Office for National Statistics.

Tuesday 14 March

INTERIMS

Aptamer Group, Close Brothers Group, Eagle Eye Solutions Group, Litigation Capital Management Limited (DI), PCI-PAL, Virgin Wines UK

QUARTERLY PAYMENT DATE

Tritax Eurobox (EUR), Tritax Eurobox (GBP)

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

Consumer Price Index (US) (12:30)

GMS

Georgia Capital

FINALS

Genuit Group, Gresham Technologies, Harworth Group, Joint Stock Company National Atomic Company Kazatomprom GDR (Reg S) , Midwich Group, Yu Group

AGMS

MTI Wireless Edge Ltd., Redx Pharma

UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

Claimant Count Rate (07:00)

Unemployment Rate (07:00)