Since the height of the summer, shares in easyJet PLC (LSE:EZJ) have pulled back after a strong rise at the start of the year, so investors will be hoping for some encouraging sounds from the airline … read the preview.
Elsewhere, we will hear from Hays PLC (LSE:HAS), the third recruiter of the week, following the cracks in the employment space being revealed by sector peers Robert Walters and PageGroup in the preceding days.
Across the pond later, Boots the Chemist parent Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc reports its fourth-quarter earnings ahead of the opening bell, with analysts bracing for another sharp decline, while Domino's Pizza is expected to report another decline in revenue but improved earnings, also before the bell in New York.
Others due to report:
Trading updates: Atalaya Mining, Norcros PLC, Treatt PLC
Interims: N Brown PLC
Finals: Dechra Pharmaceuticals PLC
US earnings: Delta Air Lines Inc, Domino’s Pizza, Walgreen Boots Alliance,
AGMs: Osirium Technologies PLC, Petroneft Resources PLC, Sutton Harbour Group PLC
Economic announcements: Balance of Trade (UK), Gross Domestic Product (UK), Index of Services (UK), Industrial Production (UK), Manufacturing Production (UK), Consumer Price Index (US), Continuing Claims (US), Initial Jobless Claims (US)
Ex-dividends to reduce FTSE 100 by: 1.83