Week ahead: Global CPI data, ECB in focus
The world stops for no one. Stock markets in London and New York will remain closed at the end of the week in observance of Good Friday and many traders will be away from their desks throughout the week.
Yet the calendar is replete with potentially key risk events.
In particular, investors will be watching consumer price data for March due out in China, the euro area, UK and US, with the former set for release on Monday and the latter on Tuesday.
Against that backdrop, on Thursday, the European Central Bank will announce its latest monetary policy decision.
Markets are keen for any hints as to the timing of the ECB's first interest rate hike.
UK employment due out on Tuesday may also make for an interesting reading. Michael Hewson, chief market analyst at CMC Markets UK, says upcoming changes in national insurance thresholds from July will help over the longer-term.
For now however, the latest wage figures will show that they aren't even close to matching price rises at shops, Hewson adds.
In the background, all eyes will remain fixated upon the war in Ukraine, amid heightened expectations for the imminent start of a Russian offensive in the country's Donbass region.
On the corporate side of things meanwhile, J.P.Morgan Chase will post its first quarter earnings on Wednesday, followed by peers Citi and Goldman Sachs on the next day.
Worth noting, the Easter holidays are likely to result in lighter than usual trading volumes over the course of the week.
Monday 11 April
INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
ADVFN, Renishaw
GMS
Gore Street Energy Storage Fund
FINALS
Tortilla Mexican Grill
ANNUAL REPORT
Tortilla Mexican Grill
TRADING ANNOUNCEMENTS
Audioboom Group, Sirius Real Estate Ltd.
UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
Balance of Trade (07:00)
Gross Domestic Product (07:00)
Index of Services (07:00)
Industrial Production (07:00)
Manufacturing Production (07:00)
Tuesday 12 April
INTERIMS
MJ Hudson Group NPV, Nanoco Group
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
Consumer Price Index (GER) (07:00)
Consumer Price Index (US) (13:30)
ZEW Survey (EU) - Economic Sentiment (10:00)
ZEW Survey (GER) - Current Situation (10:00)
ZEW Survey (GER) - Economic Sentiment (10:00)
FINALS
Filta Group Holdings, JD Sports Fashion, Microlise Group, Northbridge Industrial Services
AGMS
Phoenix Copper Limited
UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
Claimant Count Rate (07:00)
Retail Sales (00:01)
Unemployment Rate (07:00)
Wednesday 13 April
INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
Mid Wynd International Inv Trust
QUARTERLY PAYMENT DATE
Assura
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
Crude Oil Inventories (US) (15:30)
MBA Mortgage Applications (US) (12:00)
Producer Price Index (US) (13:30)
FINALS
Petropavlovsk, Tesco
EGMS
Edita Food Industries S.A.E. GDR (REGS)
AGMS
AssetCo, Smith & Nephew
TRADING ANNOUNCEMENTS
Novolipetsk Steel GDS (Reg S), Pagegroup, PJSC Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works GDR (Reg S)
UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
Consumer Price Index (07:00)
Producer Price Index (07:00)
Retail Price Index (07:00)
FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
Athelney Trust
Thursday 14 April
INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
Brooks Macdonald Group, Colefax Group, Craneware, Trifast
INTERIM EX-DIVIDEND DATE
Edge Performance VCT 'H' Shares, Manchester & London Investment Trust, Tracsis
QUARTERLY PAYMENT DATE
Contour Global , Yamana Gold Inc. NPV (CDI)
QUARTERLY EX-DIVIDEND DATE
BlackRock Latin American Inv Trust, JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income, JPMorgan Japan Small Cap Growth & Income, Middlefield Canadian Income PCC, Scottish Inv Trust, TwentyFour Select Monthly Income Fund Limited
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
Business Inventories (US) (13:30)
Continuing Claims (US) (13:30)
ECB Interest Rate (EU) (12:45)
Import and Export Price Indices (US) (13:30)
Initial Jobless Claims (US) (13:30)
Retail Sales (US) (13:30)
Wholesale Price Index (GER) (07:00)
AGMS
AIQ Limited (DI), XP Power Ltd. (DI)
TRADING ANNOUNCEMENTS
Ashmore Group, Dunelm Group, Hays
FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
Law Debenture Corp., Oakley Capital Investments Ltd. (DI)
FINAL EX-DIVIDEND DATE
Alpha Fx Group , Belvoir Group, CPP Group, Genel Energy, Ibstock , ITV, JPMorgan US Smaller Co. Inv Tst, Merchants Trust, Old Mutual Limited NPV (DI), Photo-Me International, STV Group, Unite Group, Vesuvius
Friday 15 April
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
Capacity Utilisation (US) (14:15)
Industrial Production (US) (14:15)
U. of Michigan Confidence (Prelim) (US) (15:00)