Defence contractor BAE Systems PLC (LSE:BA.) reports half-year numbers fresh from winning a host of contracts, including from the UK, Israel and Saudi Arabia. Could this lead the group to bump up its dividend and share buyback plans?
Haleon PLC (LSE:HLN, NYSE:HLN), maker of Sensodyne toothpaste, Centrum vitamins and Panadol painkillers, could announce some job cuts alongside its results on Wednesday and maybe the sale of one of its 'non core' brands, according to recent reports.
The shares were recently highlighted by Morgan Stanley as one of many British blue chips firmly on the bargain list against a backdrop of mid-cap takeovers.
In the UK housing sector, which will be one of the sub-plots of the week, Taylor Wimpey was in a buoyant mood when it last updated in May, so how the housebuilder’s tone has changed will be the focus of its interims.
Significant announcements
Finals: TheWorks.co.uk PLC (LSE:WRKS)
Interims: BAE Systems PLC, ConvaTec Group PLC (LSE:CTEC), Direct Line Insurance Group PLC (LSE:DLG), Endeavour Mining PLC (LSE:EDV, TSX:EDV, OTCQX:EDVMF), Ferrexpo PLC (LSE:FXPO), Haleon PLC, HSBC Holdings PLC (LSE:HSBA), IP Group PLC (LSE:IPO), Man Group PLC (LSE:EMG), Smurfit Kappa Group plc (LSE:SKG), Spirent Communications (LSE:SPT) PLC, Taylor Wimpey PLC (LSE:TW.)
Trading updates: Endeavour Mining PLC
US earnings: The Kraft Heinz, Etsy, Lemonade, Occidental Petroleum, PayPal Holdings, Qualcomm, Shopify, Unity Software
AGMs: Bushveld Minerals Ltd, JPMorgan Global Core Real Assets Limited, Livermore Investments Group Ltd, Sequoia Economic Infrastructure Income Fund Ltd, Wizz Air Holdings PLC (AIM:WIZZ)
Economic announcements: MBA Mortgage Applications (US), Crude Oil Inventories (US)