Week Ahead
Week ahead: Federal Reserve and Bank of England in focus
The market spotlight over the coming week will fall squarely on the world's main central banks, with policymakers at the Federal Reserve, Bank of England and Bank of Japan all due to meet to decide on policy.
Week ahead: Chinese data, G-20 finance ministers meeting in focus
The focus over the coming week will be on a barrage of data out of the People's Republic of China, as investors try to better gauge how the Asian giant is coping with the ongoing slowdown and trade tensions.
Week ahead: US jobs report, ECB (and financial markets) in focus
Financial markets' focus over the coming week will be on the US jobs report for May, on Friday, and the European Central Bank's policy meeting, the day before.
Week ahead: US data, global trade tensions in focus
The market calendar over the coming week will be back-end weighted with key data releases scheduled both in the States and in China.
Week ahead: Federal Reserve, EU Parliamentary elections
The focus over the coming week will be on the US central bank, with speeches from at least eight top Federal Reserve officials scheduled for throughout the week, including one from chairman Jerome Powell on Monday.
Weekly review
The FTSE 100 ended the week 148. 02 points lower, closing at 7,203. 29 on Friday.
Week ahead: Vodafone and Burberry report; UK jobs data and US retail sales eyed
Next week sees the release of results from the likes of Vodafone, Tui and Burberry, while investors will also be keeping an eye out for the latest UK jobs data, US retail sales and the German ZEW survey.
Week ahead: Brexit talks, China data in focus
The focus over the coming week will be on the restart of talks between the government and Labour on thrashing out a Brexit deal, although some observers believed that any agreement would likely have to wait until for after the 23 May elections to the European Parliament.
Week ahead: BoE, US-China trade talks, Global PMIs in focus
Investors should brace for a week full of big risk events, including policy meetings at the Bank of England and US Federal Reserve, together with the next round of US-China trade talks, all alongside a slew of key economic indicators due out from across all of the world's major economic blocks.
Week ahead: US tech heavyweights, UK public borrowing in focus
The spotlight over the coming week will continue to be on the US corporate results season.