Midweek we welcome perennial under-promise and over-deliver merchant Next PLC (LSE:NXT), which delivered a warning back in January that it expected full-price sales and pre-tax profits to fall this year - will it tweak this guidance upon its full-year results?
In macroeconomics news, there will be an update from the British Retail Consortium on wider retail sales, plus one from the Bank of England on mortgage lending and consumer credit.
Among the other financial statements, there will be numbers from computer games publisher TinyBuild, where analysts recently saw mixed trends for the sector.
Significant announcements
Finals: Artisanal Spirits Company PLC, Big Technologies PLC (AIM:BIG), Central Asia Metals PLC (AIM:CAML, OTC:CAMLF), Ecora Resources PLC (LSE:ECOR, TSX:ECOR, OTCQX:ECRAF), Inspired PLC (AIM:INSE), Medica Group PLC (LSE:MGP), Michelmersh Brick Holdings Plc (AIM:MBH), Next PLC, Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust PLC (LSE:ORIT), RM Plc (LSE:RM.), S4 Capital PLC (LSE:SFOR), Strix Group PLC (AIM:KETL), Surgical Innovations Group (AIM:SUN) PLC, TinyBuild Inc, Xaar
Interims: UP Global Sourcing Holdings PLC (LSE:UPGS)
AGMs: Various Eateries PLC (AIM:VARE), Versarien PLC
Economic announcements: BRC Shop Price Index (UK), Consumer Credit (UK), M4 Money Supply (UK), Mortgage Approvals (UK), MBA Mortgage Applications (US), Pending Home Sales (US), Crude Oil Inventories (US)
US earnings: Paychex (NASDAQ:PAYX)