Tuesday preview: US jobs, Fed in focus

Financial markets' focus on Tuesday will be on the US jobs market and the country's central bank.

Results from the so-called JOLTS survey will provide extra detail on the state of America's labour market in November.

It will be preceded by figures on small business confidence, courtesy of the National Federation of Independent Business.

Also scheduled for Tuesday, at 1400 GMT, is a speech from the head of the US Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, Eric Rosengren, at 1400 GMT.

No major economic reports are scheduled for release in the UK.

Tuesday 12 January

Interims

Gateley (Holdings), Games Workshop Group, Accrol Group Holdings

Trading announcements

Rathbone Brothers, Nichols, Vistry Group, THG, XP Power Ltd. (DI), Ferrexpo

AGMs

Carr's Group, Myanmar Investments International Ltd

EGMs

RDL Realisation

GMs

Premier Oil

Final dividend payment date

Octagonal

Interim dividend payment date

Duke Royalty Limited