Having lost its number one spot on the FTSE 100 last year, AstraZeneca PLC (LSE:AZN) boss Pascal Soriot will no doubt be looking to wrestle back the crown in 2024, though analysts have offered up mixed views on the value of the shares ahead of final results on Thursday.
Compass Group PLC (LSE:CPG) has been on the up ever since the pandemic and it will be a major shock if the caterer ladles out anything but dollops of more upbeat news its first-quarter update ...read the preview.
After sinking to a 14-year low in recent weeks on the back of the write-down associated with becoming a 'smokeless company', British American Tobacco PLC (LSE:BATS) shares got a legal boost ahead of its final results ...read the preview.
It's a different story for renewable energy producer SSE PLC (LSE:SSE), with a sharp fall in UK power prices so far in 2024 not boding well for its third-quarter update, but analysts still expect earnings guidance to be maintained.
Others due to report:
Trading updates: International Distributions Services PLC (LSE:IDS), Tate & Lyle PLC (LSE:TATE)
Interims: Redrow PLC (LSE:RDW)
Finals: AstraZeneca PLC (LSE:AZN), Unilever PLC
FTSE 100 ex-dividends: n/a
US earnings: Philip Morris International (pre), Intercontinental Exchange Inc (NYSE:ICE) (pre), Cloudflare (after), Illumina (after), Pinterest (after), Take-Two Interactive Software (after)
AGMs: Agronomics Ltd (AIM:ANIC, OTC:AGNMF), Benchmark Holdings PLC (AIM:BMK), Compass Group PLC (LSE:CPG), easyJet PLC, Hargreave Hale AIM VCT PLC, Polar Capital Global Healthcare Trust PLC (LSE:PCGH), Polar Capital Global Healthcare Trust PLC
Economic announcements: RICS Housing Market Survey (UK), Initial Jobless Claims (US), Wholesales Inventories (US)