FTSE 100-listed but US-focused Ashtead Group PLC (LSE:AHT) and former blue chip Ferguson PLC (LSE:FERG) both provide updates.
Ashtead, the construction equipment hire group, in September it reported stronger first-quarter sales and profits than expected as the US construction sector remained strong, but said this performance was being offset by increasing interest costs.
Plumbing supplies group Ferguson back in September increased its final dividend 15% and extended its share buyback even though growth slowed in the fourth quarter and it expected a further deceleration.
Significant announcements
Trading update: Ferguson PLC
Interims: Ashtead Group, Civitas Social Housing PLC (LSE:CSH), Infrastructure India PLC, Iomart Group, Mercia Asset Management PLC (AIM:MERC), Vianet Group (AIM:VNET) PLC, Victrex PLC (LSE:VCT)
Finals: Gooch & Housego, Paragon Banking Group PLC (LSE:PAG), SSP Group, Victorian Plumbing Group PLC (AIM:VIC), Paragon Banking Group, SSP Group plc (LSE:SSPG), Tritax EuroBox
Economic announcements: PMI Construction (UK)
AGMs: Brighton Pier Group PLC (AIM:PIER), Croma Security Solutions Group PLC (AIM:CSSG), Gattaca PLC (AIM:GATC), Greatland Gold PLC (AIM:GGP, OTC:GRLGF), International Biotechnology Trust PLC, Nightcap PLC (AIM:NGHT), Rosslyn Data Technologies PLC (AIM:RDT)