Wealth platform AJ Bell PLC (LSE:AJB) reports on what has been a tough 2023 - for its own shares at least - with retail share activity drying up just as the financial regulator takes more interest in how fund platforms make their money …read the preview.
DS Smith PLC (LSE:SMDS) had a mixed preview from UBS in anticipation of some bad news on pricing in the cardboard packaging company's interims ...read the preview.
More positively for Frasers Group PLC (LSE:FRAS), it was given a fully supportive write-up by Barclays ahead of its results, which come after the retailer was forced to cancel an acquisition in Europe this week ...read the preview.
Other blue chips reporting include publisher Future PLC (LSE:FUTR), fresh from a bullish update but with its shares down over 40% in the past year ...read the preview.
House prices are the main bit of UK economic news, with Halifax publishing its monthly update.... read the macro preview
Others due to report:
Trading update: Balfour Beatty plc (LSE:BBY)
Interims: DS Smith PLC (LSE:SMDS), Frasers Group PLC (LSE:FRAS)
Finals: AJ Bell PLC (LSE:AJB), Future PLC (LSE:FUTR)
US earnings: Broadcom Inc, Ciena, Dollar General, Lululemon Athletica (NASDAQ:LULU)
AGMs: Asia Dragon Trust PLC, Bioventix (AIM:BVXP) PLC, Darktrace PLC (LSE:DARK), Doric Nimrod Air Three (LSE:DNA3) Ltd, Doric Nimrod Air Two Ltd, Essensys PLC, Fidelity Emerging Markets Ltd, GS Chain PLC (LSE:GSC, OTCQB:GSCHF), Haydale Graphene Industries PLC, Kibo Energy PLC (LSE:KIBO, JSE:KBO), Kin and Carta PLC, Lok'n Store PLC, Nanoco Group PLC (LSE:NANO), Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos Trust, Supermarket Income REIT PLC (LSE:SUPR, OTC:SUPIF), YouGov PLC (AIM:YOU)
Economic announcements: Halifax House Price Index (UK), Continuing Claims (US), Initial Jobless Claims (US), GDP (EU)
Ex-dividends to reduce FTSE 100 by: 0.34