Week ahead: UK Parliament, global manufacturing and US jobs in focus
Brexit will continue to be in the spotlight over the coming week, with MPs set to cast indicative votes again, starting from Monday, in a bid to break the current impasse on Brexit.
In the background, investors will be keeping close tabs on the results of key manufacturing sector Purchasing Managers' Indices in China and the US, both of which are also due out on Monday.
The former may be especially pertinent as economists watch for signs that the Chinese economy is bottoming out, or not, with some having recently cautioned that protracted trade talks between Beijing and Washington might delay the widely-anticipated recovery in Asia's largest economy.
Quite important as well, as ever, will be Friday's non-farm jobs report in the States covering the month of March. Barring surprises on Brexit or US-China trade, markets around the world may tread water ahead of those jobs figures.
The ongoing US-China trade talks will also need monitoring, as Chinese premier, Liu He, travels to the US capital for the next round of negotiations.
Lastly, Monday's release of euro area consumer price data for March may reveal another dip in core inflation within the single currency bloc.
Monday April 01
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Beeks Financial Cloud Group, Green Reit
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Raven Property Group 6.5% Red Cnv Pref Shs NPV, Raven Property Group Limited Cum Red Pref
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
Auto Sales (US) (20:30)
Business Inventories (US) (15:00)
Construction Spending (US) (15:00)
ISM Manufacturing (US) (15:00)
PMI Manufacturing (GER) (08:30)
PMI Manufacturing (EU) (09:00)
PMI Manufacturing (US) (14:45)
Retail Sales (US) (13:30)
Unemployment Rate (EU) (11:00)
GMS
Regency Mines
FINALS
Globaltrans Investment GDR (Reg S), Instem
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Belimo Holding AG , Big Sofa Technologies Group
UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
PMI Manufacturing (09:30)
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General Accident (Prf), Northern Electricity Prf, RSA Ins 7 3/8%pf
Tuesday April 02
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YouGov
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Durable Goods Orders (US) (13:30)
Producer Price Index (EU) (10:00)
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Belvoir Lettings, DP Eurasia N.V. (DI) , Hydrogen Group, M. P. Evans Group, Next Fifteen Communications, Nucleus Financial Group , Proteome Sciences, TP Group, Trinity Exploration & Production
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Restore
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Rights & Issues Inv Trust Income Shares
UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
PMI Construction (09:30)
Wednesday April 03
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Applied Graphene Materials , Gattaca
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Crude Oil Inventories (US) (15:30)
ISM Non-Manufacturing (US) (15:00)
MBA Mortgage Applications (US) (12:00)
PMI Composite (EU) (09:00)
PMI Composite (GER) (08:30)
PMI Composite (US) (14:45)
PMI Services (EU) (09:00)
PMI Services (GER) (08:55)
PMI Services (US) (14:45)
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AA , JTC, Minds + Machines Group Limited (DI), Shield Therapeutics, Urban Exposure
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Alcentra Euorpean Floating Rate Income Fund Ltd Red Ord Shs
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Athelney Trust, McColl's Retail Group
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CMC Markets, Topps Tiles
UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
PMI Services (09:30)
Thursday April 04
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Ashmore Group, Genus, Pennon Group, South32 Limited (DI) , WYG
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1pm, Abbey, Ferguson, Finsbury Food Group, Manchester & London Investment Trust, Photo-Me International, RIT Capital Partners, Seneca Growth Capital Vct B, Smith (DS), Smiths Group, Softcat
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BMO Private Equity Trust, BMO UK High Income Trust , Duke Royalty Limited, Mercantile Investment Trust (The), Primary Health Properties, Schroder Income Growth Fund, SQN Asset Finance Income Fund Limited, SQN Asset Finance Income Fund Limited 'C Shares', SQN Secured Income Fund
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Continuing Claims (US) (13:30)
Initial Jobless Claims (US) (13:30)
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Concurrent Technologies, Hunters Property , Saga , Smart Metering Systems
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Avast, India Capital Growth Fund Ltd., Triple Point Social Housing Reit
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South32 Limited (DI)
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BMO UK High Income Trust B Shares, Direct Line Insurance Group, Quartix Holdings
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Brunner Inv Trust, Fondul Proprietatea S.A. GDR (Reg S), Keras Resources , Leeds Building Society 13 3/8% Bearing Shares, Scottish American Inv Company
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Pershing Square Holdings Ltd NPV
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4Imprint Group, Amino Technologies, British Smaller Companies VCT 2, Capital & Regional, Chemring Group, CLS Holdings, Convatec Group , Direct Line Insurance Group, Fisher (James) & Sons, Gresham Technologies, Hansteen Holdings, Hikma Pharmaceuticals, IMI, Lighthouse Group, Lloyds Banking Group, Man Group, Melrose Industries, Moneysupermarket.com Group, Oakley Capital Investments Ltd. (DI), Pearson, Quartix Holdings , Shore Capital Group Ltd., Smith & Nephew, Somero Enterprises Inc. (DI), SpaceandPeople, St James's Place, Synectics, Taylor Wimpey, TP ICAP, Travis Perkins, Tullow Oil, XLMedia
Friday April 05
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Grit Real Estate Income Group Limited NPV (DI), London Finance & Investment Group, MJ Gleeson
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Brunner Inv Trust, Total SA
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Consumer Credit (US) (21:00)
Factory Orders (GER) (07:00)
Industrial Production (GER) (07:00)
Non-Farm Payrolls (US) (13:30)
Retail Sales (EU) (10:00)
Unemployment Rate (US) (13:30)
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Creo Medical Group
ANNUAL REPORT
Bank of Georgia Group, Bank of Georgia Group, Menzies(John)
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Low & Bonar, Tekcapital
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GVC Holdings
UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
Halifax House Price Index (08:30)
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Apax Global Alpha Limited , Barclays, Grafton Group Units, MTI Wireless Edge Ltd.