After the MIcrosoft outage chaos of Friday, hopefully, it should be business as usual next week in what is a packed schedule of household names reporting.
Lloyds, Natwest, Centrica, Compass, BT, Vodafone, BAT, Unilever, easyJet and Informa are just some of the updates expected.
In brief, expectations are for banks, Compass, Centrica and the airlines to be good, telecoms (BT, Vod) less so with no one really sure what to expect from Unilever, which seems to be going through a corporate personality crisis.
It's a lot quieter for macro news in the coming week. A Canadian interest rates decision, flash PMI data, US GDP and the Federal Reserve’s closely watched PCE inflation gauge are the events
In the UK, preliminary PMI data will be revealed on Wednesday morning, following the June updates that showed Britain's service sector saw growth slow to a seven-month low, while manufacturing output also unexpectedly slowed from May's near-two-year high.
On Thursday there will be UK car production and the CBI business optimism index and industrial trends survey.
US PCE inflation numbers on Friday always generate interest as is routinely reported it is apparently the US Fed's favoured inflation measure...Read the macro preview
Monday 22 July
Ryanair is the notable update due on Monday and how it sees prospects for the rest of summer and next year given the problems its plane supplier Boeing is going through... Read preview
Announcements due:
Trading updates: Beeks Financial Cloud Group PLC (AIM:BKS)
Interims: Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust PLC
AGMs: Inspiration Healthcare Group PLC (AIM:IHC), Kefi Gold And Copper PLC, Londonmetric Property PLC, Tasty PLC (AIM:TAST), Metals One PLC (AIM:MET1), TPXImpact Holdings
Overseas/US earnings: Ryanair, Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:VZ, ETR:BAC)
Tuesday 23 July
Compass can no wrong in investors' eyes. Will its latest update from the caterer please its fans... read the preview
Tesla shareholders gave strong support for Elon Musk last month by approving his $56 billion pay package. Is he worth it? ... read the preview
Announcements due:
Trading updates: Compass Group PLC (LSE:CPG), Jtc PLC
Finals: Cropper (James) PLC
Interims: Mitie Group PLC (LSE:MTO), Sthree PLC
AGMs: Abrdn European Logistics Income PLC, B&M European Value Retail S.A, B.P. Marsh & Partners PLC, Fidelity China Special Situations PLC (LSE:FCSS), Gb Group PLC, Mitie Group PLC, TP70 VCT PLC, Fuller Smith & Turner
US earnings: Coca-Cola Co, GE Aerospace, General Motors Co, Philip Morris International Inc (NYSE:PM, ETR:4I1), Spotify Technology SA (NYSE:SPOT), Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG), Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ:MSFT), Teladoc (NYSE:TDOC) Health Inc, Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA), Visa Inc (NYSE:V, ETR:3V64) Class A
Wednesday 24 July
Signs that Aston Martin was finally getting its financial act together have dissipated recently with another round of broker downgrades. Can the luxury car maker reassure its long-suffering investors this time... read more
Reckitt Benckiser will be expected to give more details on its Indiana tornado damage in next week's update.. read more
Announcements due:
Finals: Frp Advisory Group PLC
Interims: Aston Martin Lagonda Global Holdings PLC (LSE:AML), Breedon Group Plc (LSE:BREE), Fresnillo PLC (LSE:FRES), Hochschild Mining PLC (LSE:HOC, OTCQX:HCHDF), Nichols PLC (AIM:NICL), PensionBee Group PLC (LSE:PBEE), Primary Health Properties PLC (LSE:PHP, OTC:PHPRF), Rhi Magnesita N.V., Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC (LSE:RKT, ETR:3RB), Greencoat UK Wind PLC (LSE:UKW), Unite Group PLC (LSE:UTG)
Trading updates: Harworth Group (LSE:HWG) PLC, Motorpoint Group PLC (LSE:MOTR, OTC:MTPTF), Norcros PLC (LSE:NXR)
US earnings: AT&T Inc (NYSE:T, ETR:SOBA), CME Group Inc (NASDAQ:CME), Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc (NYSE:TMO, ETR:TN8), Ford Motor Co, International Business Machines, Newmont Corporation (NYSE:NEM, TSX:NGT, ASX:NEM, ETR:NMM), QuantumScape Corp, ServiceNow Inc (NYSE:NOW, ETR:4S0)
AGMs: Atome Energy PLC, Audioboom Group PLC (AIM:BOOM), Molten Ventures PLC (LSE:GROW), Motorpoint Group PLC, Norcros PLC, Palace Capital PLC (LSE:PCA), Pennon Group PLC (LSE:PNN, OTC:PEGRY), Science In Sport PLC, Ajax Resources PLC (LSE:AJAX), BiVictriX Therapeutics PLC (AIM:BVX, OTC:BVTXF), Cordiant Digitial Infrastructure Ltd
Economic announcements: MBA Mortgage Applications (US), New Homes Sales (US), Crude Oil Inventories (US)
Thursday 25 July
Is AstraZeneca set for another upgrade: ... read preview
BT has had a tough first half according to one leading City firm, with underlying profits potentially dipping by 4% ....read preview
Britsh American Tobacco is another set to report lower revenues and profits in its latest half-year according to brokers ...read preview
Centrica has tricky balancing act to maintain... read preview
Lloyds kicks off the latest round of bank sector update and the news should be good say analysts...read more
Unilever is going through a mini-transformation, is it working?... read preview
Vodafone first quarter is 'not looking great' according to Berenberg with the rest of the year not much better... read preview
Announcements due:
Trading updates: BT Group PLC (LSE:BT.A), Vodafone Group PLC (LSE:VOD), Workspace Group PLC (LSE:WKP), Paragon Banking Group PLC (LSE:PAG)
Interims: Airtel Africa PLC (LSE:AAF), Anglo American PLC (LSE:AAL), Aptitude Software Group PLC (LSE:APTD), Astrazeneca PLC, British American Tobacco PLC (LSE:BATS), Centamin PLC (LSE:CEY, TSX:CEE, OTC:CELTF), Centrica, Centrica PLC (LSE:CNA), Hammerson PLC (LSE:HMSO), Howden Joinery Group (LSE:HWDN) PLC, Indivior PLC (LSE:INDV), Itv PLC, Lloyds Banking Group PLC (LSE:LLOY), Relx PLC, Rentokil Initial PLC (LSE:RTO), Unilever PLC (LSE:ULVR), Sound Energy PLC (AIM:SOU, OTC:SNEGF)
Finals: Ig Group Holdings PLC, Cambridge Nutritional Sciences PLC
US earnings: AbbVie Inc, GE Vernova Inc, Keurig Dr Pepper Inc (NASDAQ:KDP), Willis Towers Watson PLC (NASDAQ:WTW)
AGMs: Jpmorgan Japan Small Cap Growth & Income PLC, Kibo Energy PLC (LSE:KIBO, JSE:KBO), Lifesafe Holdings PLC, Montanaro UK Smaller Companies Investment Trust PLC, Oxford Instruments PLC (AIM:OXIG), Petards Group PLC (AIM:PEG), Pathfinder Minerals PLC, Riverfort Global Opportunities PLC (AIM:RGO), Tate & Lyle PLC (LSE:TATE), Vp PLC, Workspace Group PLC, Young & Co’s Brewery PLC
Ex dividends to reduce FTSE 100 by: 1.78
Economic announcements: M3 Money Supply (EU), Continuing Claims (US), Durable Goods Orders (US), GDP (Preliminary) (US), Initial Jobless Claims (US), Pending Homes Sales (US)
Friday 26 July
Did ITV get a massive Euro 2024 boost... read preview
Events group Informa should have seen a good first-half, brokers suggest.. read preview
NatWest is in a good place currently according to JP Morgan .... read preview
Announcements due:
Trading updates: Record PLC (LSE:REC)
Interims: Drax Group (LSE:DRX) PLC, ITV PLC (LSE:ITV), Informa PLC (LSE:INF), Man Group PLC (LSE:EMG), Jupiter Fund Management PLC (LSE:JUP), Natwest Group PLC, Rightmove PLC (LSE:RMV), Segro PLC, IMI PLC (LSE:IMI)
AGMs: Discoverie Group PLC, Keras Resources PLC (AIM:KRS), Mobeus Income & Growth 2 VCT PLC, Mobeus Income & Growth 4 VCT PLC
US earnings: 3M Co (NYSE:MMM), Aon PLC (NYSE:AON), Bristol-Myers Squibb Co (NYSE:BMY, ETR:RM, OTC:BMYMP)
Economic announcements: Personal Consumption Expenditures (US), Personal Income (US), Personal Spending (US), U. of Michigan Confidence (Final) (US)