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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)