Week ahead: Global services sector surveys, China CPI in focus
Investors' focus at the start of the second quarter will be on a raft of surveys results for services sector activity from around the world.
The Institute for Supply Management will be first out of the blocks on Monday with it US Services sector PMI, followed by equivalent survey results out of China, the next day, and the euro area and UK on Wednesday.
Central banks won't be far from investors' minds either with the minutes of the US Federal Reserve and European Central Bank's last policy meetings also due out, on Wednesday and Thursday, respectively.
The Bank of England's own quarterly bulletin is also scheduled to be published, on Friday.
Still on home shores, the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors and mortgage lender Halifax will publish house price survey findings for March, on Wednesday and Friday.
Also at the end of the week, China's National Bureau of Statistics will release readings on consumer and producer prices in the Asian giant referencing the month of March.
Monday 05 April
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
Factory Orders (US) (15:00)
ISM Prices Paid (US) (15:00)
ISM Services (US) (15:00)
PMI Composite (US) (14:45)
PMI Services (US) (14:45)
FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
CRH 7% 'A' Cum Prf (CDI)
Tuesday 06 April
INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
Alumasc Group, Appreciate Group, Hargreaves Services, MJ Gleeson , Renishaw
QUARTERLY EX-DIVIDEND DATE
Marsh & Mclennan Cos Inc.
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
PMI Composite (EU) (09:00)
PMI Composite (GER) (08:55)
PMI Services (EU) (09:00)
PMI Services (GER) (08:55)
Retail Sales (EU) (10:00)
Unemployment Rate (EU) (10:00)
GMS
Polarean Imaging
FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
Athelney Trust
Wednesday 07 April
INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
Dechra Pharmaceuticals, Evraz
QUARTERLY PAYMENT DATE
Yew Grove Reit (CDI)
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
Consumer Credit (US) (20:00)
Crude Oil Inventories (US) (15:30)
MBA Mortgage Applications (US) (11:00)
FINALS
Hilton Food Group, IGas Energy, Pharos Energy
AGMS
Law Debenture Corp.
UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
PMI Services (09:30)
RICS Housing Market Survey (01:01)
Thursday 08 April
INTERIMS
Tracsis
INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
Diageo, South32 Limited (DI) , Wilmington
INTERIM EX-DIVIDEND DATE
Begbies Traynor Group, Henderson EuroTrust, Origin Enterprises (CDI), Smith (DS), Smiths Group, Tristel, VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity Fund Ltd.
QUARTERLY PAYMENT DATE
GlaxoSmithKline
QUARTERLY EX-DIVIDEND DATE
BMO Private Equity Trust, Marble Point Loan Financing Limited NPV, Real Estate Investors, Scottish Inv Trust
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
Continuing Claims (US) (13:30)
Factory Orders (GER) (07:00)
Initial Jobless Claims (US) (13:30)
PMI Construction (US) (09:30)
Producer Price Index (EU) (10:00)
FINALS
Equals Group , M Winkworth, OSB Group
SPECIAL EX-DIVIDEND DATE
Somero Enterprises Inc. (DI)
AGMS
Nokia OYJ, Nokia OYJ, Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust , RM
TRADING ANNOUNCEMENTS
Dunelm Group, Entain, Ferrexpo
FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
Safestore Holdings, St. Modwen Properties
FINAL EX-DIVIDEND DATE
Aviva, Bristol & West 'A', Capital Limited (DI), Chesnara, CPP Group, Direct Line Insurance Group, Domino's Pizza Group, Fevertree Drinks, Fintel, Grafton Group Ut (CDI), Man Group, Maven Income and Growth VCT 5, Mondi, Moneysupermarket.com Group, Nippon Active Value Fund , Quilter, Rentokil Initial, Rotork, Savills, Shanta Gold Ltd., Smurfit Kappa Group (CDI), Somero Enterprises Inc. (DI), TP Icap Group , Ultra Electronics Holdings
Friday 09 April
INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
Dunelm Group, Galliford Try, Grit Real Estate Income Group Limited NPV, Morses Club , Redrow, Ricardo, Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust
QUARTERLY PAYMENT DATE
Alpha Real Trust Ltd., Regional REIT Limited
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
Balance of Trade (GER) (08:00)
Current Account (GER) (07:00)
Industrial Production (GER) (07:00)
Industrial Production (US) (07:00)
Producer Price Index (US) (13:30)
Wholesales Inventories (US) (15:00)
GMS
Online Blockchain, Orient Telecoms
SPECIAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
Sylvania Platinum Ltd (DI)
EGMS
Kcell Joint Stock Co GDR (Reg S)
AGMS
Rio Tinto
UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
Halifax House Price Index (08:30)
FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
IDOX, Scottish American Inv Company