Another big day for the UK economy with GDP numbers out first thing in the morning.
Having dodged a rise in inflation in January, can the growth number also surprise and stop the country from falling into recession....read the macro preview
Centrica PLC (LSE:CNA) (Centrica PLC (LSE:CNA)) is the main company announcement scheduled with the Biritsh Gas owner expected to report a dip in full-year profit in its latest update ... read the preview
Announcements expected
Interims: Benchmark Holdings PLC (AIM:BMK) (Benchmark Holdings PLC (AIM:BMK)), MJ Gleeson (LSE:GLE) (MJ Gleeson (LSE:GLE)) PLC
Finals: Centrica PLC (LSE:CNA), RELX PLC (LSE:REL) (RELX PLC (LSE:REL))
US earnings: Deere & Co, Applied Materials Inc (NASDAQ:AMAT, ETR:AP2) (Applied Materials Inc (NASDAQ:AMAT, ETR:AP2), Applied Materials Inc (NASDAQ:AMAT, ETR:AP2)), Coinbase Global Inc (NASDAQ:COIN) (Coinbase Global Inc (NASDAQ:COIN)), Liberty Global (NASDAQ:LBTYA) (Liberty Global (NASDAQ:LBTYA)) Ltd, Trade Desk Inc (NASDAQ:TTD) (Trade Desk Inc (NASDAQ:TTD))
AGMs: JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income PLC, Synergia Energy Ltd (AIM:SYN) (Synergia Energy Ltd (AIM:SYN))
Economic announcements: Balance of Trade (UK), GDP (Preliminary) (UK), Index of Services (UK), Industrial Production (UK), Manufacturing Production (UK), Continuing Claims (US), Import and Export Price Indices (US), Initial Jobless Claims (US), Retail Sales (US), Retail Sales Less Autos (US), Capacity Utilisation (US), Industrial Production (US), Business Inventories (US)
Ex-dividend to reduce FTSE 100 by: 12.92