Week ahead: EU summit, Chinese data in focus
All eyes over the coming week will continue to be on Brexit, as the government and Labour try to agree on a way forward.
Later in the week, on Wednesday, the focus will shift to a summit of all of the European Union's 27 remaining leaders to decide whether to grant the UK another extension to Article 50 and its length.
Still in the UK, and also on 10 April, ONS will publish estimates for industrial production and foreign trade in March.
In the background on that same day, Bank of England Governor Mark Carney and the MPC's Jon Cunliffe will be in attendance at the International Monetary Fund's Spring meetings which will kick-off in Washington and are due to last until Sunday.
They will be joined by Ben Broadbent on the following day.
Further afield, Chinese foreign exchange reserve figures for March are set for release on Sunday, 6 April, with readings on consumer prices and foreign trade in the Asian giant due out on Thursday and Friday, respectively.
Stateside, consumer and factory gate price data are scheduled for release on Wednesday and Thursday, with a preliminary reading on the University of Michigan's consumer confidence gauge for April set to be published on Friday.
Monday April 08
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Adept Technology Group, Alumasc Group, Croma Security Solutions Group, Dechra Pharmaceuticals, Hargreaves Services, Oxford Instruments, Park Group, Plexus Holdings, PZ Cussons, Renishaw, Ricardo, Wilmington
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
Balance of Trade (GER) (07:00)
Current Account (GER) (07:00)
Factory Orders (US) (15:00)
FINALS
Keywords Studios, Northbridge Industrial Services
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Independent Inv Trust
AGMS
Centamin (DI)
TRADING ANNOUNCEMENTS
Sirius Real Estate Ltd.
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Independent Inv Trust
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Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA
Tuesday April 09
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Avacta Group, Nanoco Group
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Joules Group, Redrow
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Marsh & Mclennan Cos Inc.
GMS
Plexus Holdings
FINALS
Anexo Group , Destiny Pharma , Luceco , Mission Marketing Group, One Media IP Group, Property Franchise Group, Sumo Group , The City Pub Group
AGMS
Sampo OYJ
Wednesday April 10
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ASOS, McCarthy & Stone, Tracsis
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Colefax Group, Galliford Try, Gordon Dadds Group
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
Consumer Price Index (US) (13:30)
Crude Oil Inventories (US) (15:30)
MBA Mortgage Applications (US) (12:00)
FINALS
Central Asia Metals, Epwin Group, Ergomed , Frenkel Topping Group, Futura Medical, Petards Group, Ra International Group, Tesco, Walker Greenbank, Warpaint London
ANNUAL REPORT
Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon, Frenkel Topping Group
AGMS
Canadian General Investments Ltd., Heavitree Brewery, Maven Income & Growth 3 VCT, Rio Tinto, VR Education Holdings
TRADING ANNOUNCEMENTS
Finsbury Food Group, Pagegroup
UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
Gross Domestic Product (09:30)
Index of Services (09:30)
Industrial Production (09:30)
Manufacturing Production (09:30)
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Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA, Low & Bonar, Safestore Holdings
Thursday April 11
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WH Smith
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Craneware, Diageo, Trifast
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Barratt Developments, Begbies Traynor Group, Bioventix, Foresight Solar & Infrastructure VCT, Foresight VCT, Henderson EuroTrust, Kin and Carta , Northamber, Oxford Technology 4 Venture Capital Trust
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GlaxoSmithKline, Regional REIT Limited
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BlackRock Latin American Inv Trust, Diversified Gas & Oil, Ediston Property Investment Company, JPMorgan Asian Investment Trust, JPMorgan Japan Smaller Companies Trust, Merchants Trust, Middlefield Canadian Income PCC, Scottish Inv Trust, Yew Grove Reit
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
Consumer Price Index (GER) (07:00)
Continuing Claims (US) (13:30)
Initial Jobless Claims (US) (13:30)
Producer Price Index (US) (13:30)
FINALS
Corero Network Security, Hvivo, Trackwise Designs
ANNUAL REPORT
Impact Healthcare Reit , Menhaden, Quilter
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Jupiter Fund Management
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Billing Services Group Ltd., EIH Plc, Savills, SSP Group
AGMS
Banco Santander S.A., Law Debenture Corp., Polar Capital Global Financials Trust, Smith & Nephew, UK Oil & Gas
TRADING ANNOUNCEMENTS
Man Group
UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
RICS Housing Market Survey (00:01)
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Jupiter Fund Management
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AIREA, Alpha Fx Group , Aviva, BBA Aviation, Belvoir Lettings, Capital Drilling Ltd. (DI), Charter Court Financial Services Group , Chesnara, Costain Group, Croda International, Dalata Hotel Group, EMIS Group, Equiniti Group , FBD Holdings, International Personal Finance, ITV, Johnson Service Group, JPMorgan American Inv Trust, JPMorgan US Smaller Co. Inv Tst, Kerry Group 'A' Shares, Merlin Entertainments , Miton Group, Mondi, Octopus Titan VCT , Paddy Power Betfair, Rentokil Initial, Rotork, Savills, Schroder Asian Total Return Investment Company , Smurfit Kappa Group, Standard Life Aberdeen, STV Group, Ultra Electronics Holdings, Unite Group, Urban Exposure
Friday April 12
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Abcam, Clinigen Group, Dunelm Group, ECO Animal Health Group, Go-Ahead Group, Hays, Origin Enterprises, River and Mercantile Group , Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust, TR European Growth Trust
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Blackrock North American Income Trust , Land Securities Group, Schlumberger Ltd.
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
Import and Export Price Indices (US) (13:30)
Industrial Production (EU) (10:00)
U. of Michigan Confidence (Prelim) (US) (15:00)
GMS
Banco Santander S.A.
ANNUAL REPORT
Arbuthnot Banking Group
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Electra Private Equity, River and Mercantile Group
AGMS
HSBC Holdings
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PCF Group, RM