Standard Chartered PLC (LSE:STAN) will be the first of the FTSE 100 banks to report first-quarter results, having disappointed with earnings last time, but got a modest round of applause for better-than-expected dividends and buyback news.
Elsewhere in the financials sector, Man Group PLC (LSE:EMG) was given an upgrade ahead of its first-quarter update, even though performance fee expectations for the hedge fund group have fallen sharply following a difficult March.
GSK PLC (LSE:GSK, NYSE:GSK), its first-quarter result comes hot on the heels of the US$2bn acquisition of Bellus Healthcare and with the results also acting as a taster before its larger rival later in the week.
With a first Zantac JCCP case scheduled for July, analysts think this is masking the attractive growth outlook for the group.
Over in America, results from Google's owner Alphabet and Microsoft are expected to be released later today, with both results predicted to offer a mixed bag.
On Wednesday evening, Facebook and Instagram owner Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ:FB) faces investors after some big staff cuts and with big questions about its AI plans and what look like bad metaverse misstep.
Significant announcements
Trading updates: Fresnillo PLC (LSE:FRES), Glencore PLC (LSE:GLEN), GSK PLC, Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC (LSE:RKT, ETR:3RB), Smith & Nephew PLC (LSE:SN),
Interims: NCC Group PLC (LSE:NCC)
Finals: 1Spatial (AIM:SPA) PLC, Biome Technologies PLC (AIM:BIOM), Sanderson Design Group PLC (AIM:SDG), Warpaint London PLC (AIM:W7L)
AGMs: Alfa Financial Software Holdings Ltd, Allianz Technology Trust PLC (LSE:ATT), Anglo American PLC (LSE:AAL), Breedon Group Plc (AIM:BREE), Bunzl PLC (LSE:BNZL), Croda International PLC (LSE:CRDA), Drax Group (LSE:DRX) PLC, Elementis plc (LSE:ELM), Global Invacom Group (AIM:GINV) Ltd, Global Opportunities Trust PLC, Lancashire Holdings, Metro Bank PLC (LSE:MTRO), Mobius Investment Trust (LSE:MMIT) PLC, Nichols PLC (AIM:NICL), Octopus AIM VCT 2 PLC, One Media iP Group PLC (AIM:OMIP), Persimmon PLC (LSE:PSN), RIT Capital Partners (LSE:RCP) PLC, Standard Chartered PLC
Economic announcements: MBA Mortgage Applications (US), Durable Goods Orders (US), Crude Oil Inventories (US)
US earnings: Automatic Data Processing, The Boeing Company (NYSE:BA), CME Group (NASDAQ:CME), Thermo Fisher Scientific (NYSE:TMO), Meta Platforms Inc, QuantumScape, Roku Inc (NASDAQ:ROKU), ServiceNow Inc