BT Group PLC (LSE:BT.A) might, for once, have some good news for its long-suffering investors.
Shares have risen 40% this year and not just on bid speculation.
How it is the telco managed to link its prices with retail inflation remains a mystery, but the upshot is that its annual broadband traiffs have jumped 14% which even if a huge chunk of people switch off is still worth £700mln a year, calculates Jefferies.
A pension review is upcoming but with the fast fibre rollout powering forward and rivals dropping like flies, the tone might be more upbeat than usual.
easyJet PLC (LSE:EZJ) should also be exuding confidence, having already predicted it will beat City expectations this year.
Dividends and cash flow will be the things to watch from National Grid PLC (LSE:NG.) while if Burberry Group PLC (LSE:BRBY) is not benefitting from the current luxury goods boom that will be a major disappointment for its investors.
Significant announcements
Finals: Burberry Group PLC, BT Group PLC, Future PLC, Investec PLC, National Grid PLC, Premier Foods PLC
Interims: easyJet PLC, Nexus Infrastructure PLC, Tritax Eurobox PLC
Trading updates: Helios Towers PLC
AGMs: Belvoir Group PLC, Capital Limited, Central Asia Metals PLC, Ceres Power Holdings, ConvaTec Group PLC, Diaceutics PLC, Digital 9 Infrastructure PLC, Energean PLC, Fintel PLC, Genuit Group PLC, Inchcape PLC, JPMorgan American Investment Trust PLC, Legal & General Group PLC, Lloyds Banking Group PLC, Merchants Trust PLC, Michelmersh Brick Holdings, MusicMagpie PLC, Network International Holdings, Next PLC, Niox Group PLC, PensionBee Group PLC, Quilter PLC, Riverstone Credit Opportunities Income PLC, Safestyle UK PLC, Science Group PLC, Secure Trust Bank PLC, Smart Metering Systems PLC, Somero Enterprises Inc, St James’s Place PLC, Tyman PLC, Unite Group, Vesuvius PLC, Vistry Group PLC, YU Group PLC
Economic announcements: Continuing Claims (US), Initial Jobless Claims (US), Philadelphia Fed Index (US), Existing Home Sales (US)
Ex-dividend: Pershing Square Holdings, Bunzl, GSK, Unilever, Shell
US: Walmart, Applied Materials