Week ahead: U.S. nonfarm payrolls, Global PMIs in the spotlight
All eyes over the coming week would be on the U.S. non-farm payrolls report for March.
Consensus was that the data, due out Friday, would reveal a slowdown in the pace of hiring from February's pace of 275,000 to 198,000 in March.
Average hourly earnings growth was expected to pick up a bit, from 0.1% month-on-month to 0.3%.
Revisions to previous months' readings might also potentially move the dial with financial markets.
Nevertheless, should the consensus be proven right then the report would be consistent with a solid pace of economic growth.
Also due out across the week was a raft of purchasing managers' surveys from across the world.
First out would be the Caixin manufacturing sector PMI for China in March, on Monday, followed by the US ISM's factory PMI later that same day.
On Tuesday, S&P Global would publish euro area and UK factory PMIs.
Equivalent PMIs but for services in those same two regions would follow on Thursday.
UK house price surveys from Nationwide and Halifax were also due out, on Monday and Friday, respectively, alongside consumer credit and net lending figures on Tuesday.
Monday 01 April
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
Construction Spending (US) (15:00)
ISM Manufacturing (US) (15:00)
ISM Prices Paid (US) (15:00)
PMI Manufacturing (US) (14:45)
FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
General Accident (Prf), Morgan Advance Materials 5% Cumulative 2nd Preference 1, Morgan Advance Materials 5.5% Cumulative 1st preference 1
Tuesday 02 April
INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
Ashmore Group, Braemar , Fonix Mobile , MJ Gleeson
QUARTERLY PAYMENT DATE
RM Infrastructure Income
QUARTERLY EX-DIVIDEND DATE
Wheaton Precious Metals Corp.NPV (CDI)
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
Auto Sales (US) (21:30)
Factory Orders (US) (15:00)
PMI Manufacturing (GER) (08:55)
PMI Manufacturing (EU) (09:00)
GMS
Catenai, Leeds Building Society 13 3/8% Bearing Shares, Oncimmune Holdings, Oncimmune Holdings
SPECIAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
Shoe Zone
EGMS
DP Eurasia N.V. (DI)
UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
BRC Shop Price Index (00:01)
Consumer Credit (09:30)
M4 Money Supply (09:30)
Mortgage Approvals (09:30)
PMI Manufacturing (09:30)
FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
Bristol Water 'A' 8 3/4% Cum Irrd Prf, Northern Electricity Prf, RSA Insurance Group Limited 7 3/8% Cum Irrd Prf #1, Shoe Zone, Stand.Ch.7te%pr, Standard Chartered 8 1/4% Non-Cum Irrd Pref
Wednesday 03 April
QUARTERLY PAYMENT DATE
Tetragon Financial Group Limited
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
Crude Oil Inventories (US) (15:30)
ISM Prices Paid (US) (15:00)
ISM Services (US) (15:00)
MBA Mortgage Applications (US) (12:00)
PMI Composite (US) (14:45)
PMI Services (US) (14:45)
Unemployment Rate (EU) (10:00)
GMS
Downing Strategic Micro-Cap Investment Trust Red
FINALS
Hilton Food Group, Pantheon Infrastructure
EGMS
SDIC Power Holdings Co.,Ltd GDR (Reg S)
FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
Barclays
Thursday 04 April
INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
London Finance & Investment Group, PZ Cussons, South32 Limited (DI)
INTERIM EX-DIVIDEND DATE
B.P. Marsh & Partners, Chemring 7% Cumulative Preference Shares 1, Grit Real Estate Income Group Limited NPV, Heavitree Brewery 11 1/2% Cum Prf , Latham (James) 8% Cumulative Preference 1, Smiths Group, The European Smaller Companies Trust, VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity Fund Ltd.
QUARTERLY EX-DIVIDEND DATE
CT UK High Income Trust, CT UK High Income Trust B , Real Estate Investors
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
Balance of Trade (US) (13:30)
Continuing Claims (US) (13:30)
Initial Jobless Claims (US) (13:30)
PMI Composite (EU) (09:00)
PMI Composite (GER) (08:55)
PMI Services (EU) (09:00)
PMI Services (GER) (08:55)
Producer Price Index (EU) (10:00)
FINALS
LungLife AI, Inc (DI)
EGMS
Globaltrans Investment GDR (Reg S)
AGMS
Rio Tinto, Scottish American Inv Company
UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
PMI Composite (09:30)
PMI Services (09:30)
FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
Apax Global Alpha Limited , Brunner Inv Trust, Woodside Energy Group Ltd NPV (DI)
FINAL EX-DIVIDEND DATE
Alpha Group International, Breedon Group , Dalata Hotel Group (CDI), Direct Line Insurance Group, Domino's Pizza Group, European Assets Trust , Hammerson, IMI, InterContinental Hotels Group, Kitwave Group, Mondi, OSB Group , Rentokil Initial, The Pebble Group
Friday 05 April
INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
Molten Ventures VCT , Pennon Group, Sylvania Platinum Ltd (DI)
QUARTERLY PAYMENT DATE
Real Estate Credit Investments Ltd, Regional REIT Limited
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
Consumer Credit (US) (20:00)
Factory Orders (GER) (07:00)
Import Price Index (GER) (08:00)
Non-Farm Payrolls (US) (13:30)
Retail Sales (EU) (10:00)
Unemployment Rate (US) (13:30)
AGMS
Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy (DI)
UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
Halifax House Price Index (07:00)
PMI Construction (09:30)
FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
CRH 7% 'A' Cum Prf (CDI), Nexus Infrastructure , Rights & Issues Investment Trust , Titon Holdings