Oil giants, banks and US mega caps are all in line to update in a packed week of reporting coming up.
Following Ford's update across the Atlantic on Monday, Tuesday brings updates from HSBC and BP, after the former signalled a split of its Asian and UK businesses recently.
Aston Martin then updates on Wednesday, having warned on profits last month, alongside GSK and Next in London, while Microsoft and Meta will feature from the US.
Haleon and Shell follow on Thursday, as falling oil prices threaten to have hit figures for fossil fuel giants, with Amazon and Apple also updating from across the pond.
On the macroeconomic front, gross domestic product and payroll figures will dominate in the US, while the Autumn Budget will be in focus in the UK... Read the macro preview
Monday 28 October
Announcements due:
US earnings: Ford Motor Co
AGMs: City of London Investment Group (AIM:CLIG) PLC, Net Zero Infrastructure PLC (LSE:NZI), Crystal Amber Fund Ltd, Empyrean Energy PLC (AIM:EME)
Tuesday 29 October
HSBC's update comes hot on the heels of its announcement of major structural changes... Read more
How will BP have fared after a drop in oil prices recently... Read more
Announcements due:
Trading updates: Banco Santander (LSE:BNC) SA, Fidelity Asian Values PLC (LSE:FAS), BP PLC (LSE:BP.), HSBC Holdings PLC (LSE:HSBA)
Finals: Cap-XX Ltd, Softcat PLC (LSE:SCT), Ultimate Products PLC, YouGov PLC (AIM:YOU)
US earnings: McDonald's Corp, PayPal Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:PYPL, ETR:2PP), Pfizer Inc (NYSE:PFE, ETR:PFE), Advanced Micro Devices Inc (NASDAQ:AMD, ETR:AMD), Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG), Mondelez International Inc (NASDAQ:MDLZ, ETR:KTF), Snap Inc (NYSE:SNAP), Visa Inc (NYSE:V, ETR:3V64)
AGMs: Indus Gas Ltd, Medcaw Investments PLC, Falcon Oil & Gas Ltd (AIM:FOG, TSX-V:FO)
Economic announcements: Consumer Credit (UK), M4 Money Supply (UK), Mortgage Approvals (UK), House Price Index (US), Consumer Confidence (US)
Wednesday 30 October
Aston Martin's results come after a profit warning sent shares plummeting last month... Read more
GSK will be looking to move on after settling many of its Zantac litigation claims... Read more
Facebook owner Meta should beat expectations, according to analysts... Read more
Announcements due:
Trading updates: Next PLC (LSE:NXT), Smurfit WestRock PLC, Standard Chartered PLC (LSE:STAN), Aston Martin Lagonda Global Holdings PLC (LSE:AML), GSK PLC (LSE:GSK, NYSE:GSK)
Finals: Grit Real Estate Income Group (LSE:GR1T) Ltd
US earnings: AbbVie Inc, Amgen Inc (NASDAQ:AMGN, ETR:AMG), Automatic Data Processing Inc (NASDAQ:ADP, ETR:ADP), Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:CAT, ETR:CAT1), Eli Lilly and Co (NYSE:LLY), Etsy Inc (NASDAQ:ETSY, ETR:3E2), Fiverr International Ltd, The Kraft Heinz Co (NASDAQ:KHC, ETR:KHNZ), Booking Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:BKNG, ETR:PCE1), Coinbase Global Inc (NASDAQ:COIN), Lemonade Inc, Meta Platforms, Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ:MSFT), MicroStrategy Inc, Starbucks Corp (NASDAQ:SBUX, ETR:SRB), Teladoc (NYSE:TDOC) Health Inc
AGMs: BHP Group Ltd (LSE:BHP, ASX:BHP), Frontier Developments PLC (AIM:FDEV), Hargreaves Services Plc (AIM:HSP, OTC:HGRVF), Moh Nippon PLC, Springfield Properties PLC (AIM:SPR)
Economic announcements: BRC Shop Price Index (UK), MBA Mortgage Applications (US), GDP (Preliminary) (US), Pending Homes Sales (US), Crude Oil Inventories (US), GDP (EU)
Thursday 31 October
Shell has already warned figures would be hit by a drop in refining margins... Read more
Haleon's long-term prospects earned it a price target hike from analysts recently... Read more
Amazon's retail margins will be watched in its latest update... Read more
Apple's report comes against the backdrop of market share declines in China... Read more
Announcements due:
Trading updates: Coca-Cola Hbc AG, Haleon PLC (LSE:HLN, NYSE:HLN), Pphe Hotel Group Ltd, Smith & Nephew PLC (LSE:SN), Shell PLC (LSE:SHEL, NYSE:SHEL)
Interims: Vela Technologies (AIM:VELA) PLC, Spectris PLC (LSE:SXS)
Finals: Seeing Machines Ltd (AIM:SEE, OTC:SEEMF)
US earnings: Ball Corp (NYSE:BALL), Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, The Estee Lauder Companies, Mastercard Inc (NYSE:MA), Merck & Co Inc (NYSE:MRK, ETR:6MK), Takeda Pharmaceutical Co Ltd, Uber Technologies Inc (NYSE:UBER, ETR:UT8), Willis Towers Watson PLC (NASDAQ:WTW), Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN), Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL, ETR:APC), Intel Corp (NASDAQ:INTC, ETR:INL)
AGMs: Armadale Capital PLC (AIM:ACP), Cloudcoco Group PLC, Filtronic PLC (LSE:FTC), Grand Vision Media Holdings PLC (LSE:GVMH), Renalytix PLC (AIM:RENX), Theworks.Co.UK PLC
Economic announcements: Continuing Claims (US), Employment Cost Index (US), Initial Jobless Claims (US), Personal Consumption Expenditures (US), Personal Income (US), Personal Spending (US), Chicago PMI (US), Inflation (EU)
Ex-dividends to reduce FTSE 100 by: 0.26
Friday 01 November
Announcements due:
US earnings: Chevron Corp, Exxon Mobil Corp (NYSE:XOM, ETR:XONA)
AGMs: Armadale Capital PLC (AIM:ACP)
Economic announcements: Nationwide House Price Index (UK), Manufacturing PMI (UK), Non-Farm Payrolls (US), Unemployment Rate (US), PMI Manufacturing (US), Construction Spending (US), ISM Manufacturing (US), ISM Prices Paid (US)