Week ahead: Brexit deadline, Fed policy meeting in focus
British politics will continue to dominate over the coming week as the clock continues to run down before on the UK's 31 October deadline for leaving the European Union.
Brussels was expected to wait until Tuesday to announce whether or not it would accept an extension of the deadline and for what length.
In parallel, MPs in London will have to decide whether they backed the Prime Minister's push for a general election on 12 December and on what terms, if any.
Leaving Brexit aside for a moment, if at all possible, come Wednesday, rate-setters in the US will meet to decide on policy.
The consensus is that the target range for official short-term interest rates will be kept at 1.75-2.0%.
However, Fed funds futures are pricing in a 25 basis point reduction.
Analysts at Barclays Research are among those anticipating a rate cut and are also forecasting that the monetary authority will shift towards signaling greater data dependency going forward, although they believe that the commitment to "act as appropriate" will be retained.
Lastly, US non-farm payroll figures for October are scheduled for release on Friday, alongside survey readings on Chinese and UK manufacturing for that same month.
Monday 28 October
INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
Morgan Sindall Group, Witan Pacific Inv Trust
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
M3 Money Supply (EU) (09:00)
AGMS
Bilby, Petra Diamonds Ltd.(DI), Verseon Corporation (DI/REG S)
TRADING ANNOUNCEMENTS
Photo-Me International
UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
CBI Distributive Trades Surveys (10:00)
Tuesday 29 October
INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
Flowtech Fluidpower
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
Consumer Confidence (US) (14:00)
Pending Homes Sales (US) (14:00)
AGMS
Vela Technologies
UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
Consumer Credit (08:30)
M4 Money Supply (08:30)
Mortgage Approvals (09:30)
FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
City of London Investment Group, Rank Group
Wednesday 30 October
INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
Essentra, Shore Capital Group Ltd., Smith & Nephew, Trans-Siberian Gold, Xpediator
QUARTERLY PAYMENT DATE
Marble Point Loan Financing Limited NPV
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
Business Climate Indicator (EU) (10:00)
Consumer Confidence (EU) (10:00)
Crude Oil Inventories (US) (14:30)
Economic Sentiment Indicator (EU) (10:00)
GDP (Preliminary) (US) (12:30)
Industrial Confidence (EU) (10:00)
MBA Mortgage Applications (US) (11:00)
Services Confidence (EU) (10:00)
Unemployment Rate (GER) (08:55)
Q3
Smurfit Kappa Group
FINALS
Leaf Clean Energy Co (DI)
EGMS
ADES International Holding (DI)
AGMS
Angle, Ashoka India Equity Investment Trust, Frontier Developments, Goldplat, Hargreaves Services, Ideagen, Pantheon International , Redde, Sensyne Health
UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
BRC Shop Price Index (00:01)
Nationwide House Price Index (07:00)
FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
Haynes Publishing Group
FINAL EX-DIVIDEND DATE
North Atlantic Smaller Companies Inv Trust
Thursday 31 October
INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
Anglo Asian Mining, Driver Group, Eland Oil & Gas, Elecosoft, Good Energy Group, NAHL Group, Origo Partners , Wynnstay Group
INTERIM EX-DIVIDEND DATE
Air Partner, Braemar Shipping Services, C&C Group, Cameron Investors Trust , Global Ports Holding, Hilton Food Group, London Security, Morgan Advanced Materials , Senior, SThree, The Mission Group, Warpaint London
QUARTERLY PAYMENT DATE
BMO Commercial Property Trust Limited, BMO Private Equity Trust, Middlefield Canadian Income PCC, Real Estate Investors, Schroder Income Growth Fund
QUARTERLY EX-DIVIDEND DATE
APQ Global Limited, Brunner Inv Trust, Chenavari Toro Income Fund Limited NPV, JPMorgan Claverhouse Inv Trust, Picton Property Income Ltd, Unilever
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
Chicago PMI (US) (13:45)
Continuing Claims (US) (12:30)
GDP (Preliminary) (EU) (10:00)
Initial Jobless Claims (US) (12:30)
Personal Consumption Expenditures (US) (12:30)
Personal Income (US) (12:30)
Personal Spending (US) (12:30)
Retail Sales (GER) (07:00)
Unemployment Rate (EU) (10:00)
Q3
Indivior, Royal Dutch Shell 'A', Smith & Nephew
FINALS
Oncimmune Holdings, Proactis Holdings
SPECIAL EX-DIVIDEND DATE
Bioventix, GCP Asset Backed Income Fund Limited, Life Settlement Assets, Life Settlement Assets
AGMS
Argos Resources Ltd. (DI), Block Energy , Go-Ahead Group, Maxcyte (DI)
TRADING ANNOUNCEMENTS
PPHE Hotel Group Ltd, Provident Financial, Smith & Nephew
UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
GFK Consumer Confidence (00:01)
FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
Abbey, Alumasc Group, Beeks Financial Cloud Group, Pembroke Vct, Pembroke Vct B, Renishaw, Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust
FINAL EX-DIVIDEND DATE
1pm, Ashmore Group, Bioventix, BlackRock Greater Europe Inv Trust, Dunelm Group, Go-Ahead Group, NWF Group, Springfield Properties , Thorpe (F.W.), VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity Fund Ltd.
Friday 01 November
INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
Arena Events Group , BBA Aviation, Catco Reinsurance Opportunities Fund Limited C Shs (DI), Catco Reinsurance Opportunities Fund Ltd (DI), Cello Health, Christie Group, EMIS Group, Fidelity European Values, Fisher (James) & Sons, Johnson Service Group, Judges Scientific, M. P. Evans Group, Morrison (Wm) Supermarkets, Rightmove, Unite Group, XLMedia
QUARTERLY PAYMENT DATE
BMO UK High Income Trust , Mercantile Investment Trust (The), Scottish Inv Trust
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
Auto Sales (US) (19:30)
ISM Prices Paid (US) (14:00)
Non-Farm Payrolls (US) (12:30)
PMI Manufacturing (US) (13:45)
Unemployment Rate (US) (12:30)
SPECIAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
Bluefield Solar Income Fund Limited, BMO UK High Income Trust B Shares, Morrison (Wm) Supermarkets, RDL Realisation
UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
PMI Manufacturing (09:30)
FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
Daejan Holdings, Hargreaves Services, Smith (DS)