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Aerospace

Nvidia, Royal Mail, JD Sports, Melrose, pubs and tobacco: The Week Ahead

Several sectors will be on show when Imperial Brands, Mitchells & Butlers, Severn Trent, JD Sports and Royal Mail owner IDS report next week.

First, Melrose's update on Monday will offer a glimpse into the aerospace industry as pressure has increasingly built about supply issues recently.

Tobacco firm Imperial Brands will report on Tuesday, hot on the heels of news the UK government was to ban disposable vapes from next summer.

Wednesday then brings figures from Severn Trent as new regulation for the water sector looms and from Mitchells & Butlers after pubs have slated tax hikes in the recent Budget.

Nvidia will also be on focus as it reports from across the Atlantic on Wednesday, before a busy Thursday as updates come from JD Sports, Close Brothers, IDS, and Halma.

UK inflation is set to dominate macroeconomic headlines, with government borrowing, retail sales and consumer confidence figures also due over the week... Read the macro preview

Monday 18 November

Aerospace sector supply issues are set to be in focus when Melrose updates... Read more

Announcements due:

Trading updates: Melrose Industries PLC (LSE:MRO, OTC:MLSPF)

Interims: Big Yellow Group PLC (LSE:BYG), Polar Capital Holdings PLC (AIM:POLR), Sirius Real Estate Ltd

AGMs: Celsius Resources Ltd (ASX:CLA, AIM:CLA), Ground Rents Income Fund PLC, JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income PLC, Mountview Estates PLC

Economic announcements: Retail Sales (UK)

Tuesday 19 November

Imperial Brands previously warned against an overarching vape ban, so any thoughts on the government's move will be eyed... Read more

Announcements due:

Interims: Calnex Solutions PLC (AIM:CLX), CML Microsystems Plc (LSE:CML), GB Group PLC (LSE:GBG), Gear4music Holdings PLC (AIM:G4M), Manolete Partners PLC (AIM:MANO), Mothercare PLC (LSE:MTC), Revolution Beauty Group PLC, Trifast (LSE:TRI) PLC, Vianet Group (AIM:VNET) PLC

Finals: Avon Technologies PLC (LSE:AVON), Imperial Brands PLC (LSE:IMB), Diploma PLC (LSE:DPLM)

US earnings: Xpeng Inc (NYSE:XPEV), Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT, ETR:WMT), Medtronic PLC (NYSE:MDT, ETR:2M6)

AGMs: Abingdon Health PLC (AIM:ABDX), Bradda Head Lithium Ltd (AIM:BHL, OTC:BHLIF, TSX-V:BHLI), Berkeley Energia Ltd (LSE:BKY, ASX:BKY), Fonix Mobile PLC (AIM:FNX), Mothercare PLC (LSE:MTC), Mulberry Group (AIM:MUL) PLC, Physiomics PLC (AIM:PYC)

Economic announcements: Consumer Price Index (EU)

Wednesday 20 November

Cost pressures as a result of the Budget will again be in view when Mitchells & Butlers updates... Read more

Severn Trent's update comes after analysts said it should benefit from draft water incentive plans... Read more

Announcements due:

Interims: James Cropper plc (AIM:CRPR), Molten Ventures PLC (LSE:GROW), HICL Infrastructure PLC, Rotork PLC (LSE:ROR), Softcat PLC (LSE:SCT), Severn Trent PLC (LSE:SVT), Twentyfour Income Fund Ltd

Finals: Mitchells & Butlers PLC (LSE:MAB), Nanoco Group PLC (LSE:NANO), Sage Group PLC, Tracsis (AIM:TRCS) PLC

US earnings: Nio Inc, NVIDIA Corp (NASDAQ:NVDA, ETR:NVD), Palo Alto Networks Inc (NYSE:PANW, ETR:5AP), Snowflake Inc

AGMs: CVS Group (AIM:CVSG) PLC, Tritax Eurobox PLC (LSE:EBOX), Genus PLC (LSE:GNS), Hays PLC (LSE:HAS), Leeds Group PLC (AIM:LDSG), Made Tech Group PLC (AIM:MTEC)

Economic announcements: Consumer Price Index (UK), Producer Price Index (UK), Retail Price Index (UK), MBA Mortgage Applications (US), Crude Oil Inventories (US)

Thursday 21 November

JD Sports' UK business is expected to have remained under pressure... Read more

Any views from Close Brothers on the ongoing motor finance probe will be watched for... Read more

Royal Mail owner IDS' report will be clouded by questions around its looming takeover... Read more

Business as usual will be hoped for by investors when Halma updates... Read more

Announcements due:

Trading updates: Breedon Group Plc (LSE:BREE), Crest Nicholson Holdings PLC, JD Sports Fashion PLC (LSE:JD.), Close Brothers Group PLC (LSE:CBG), Restore Plc (AIM:RST)

Interims: CMC Markets PLC (LSE:CMCX), First Property Group PLC (AIM:FPO), Foresight Environmental Infrastructure Ltd, Halma PLC (LSE:HLMA), Jet2 PLC (AIM:JET2), Liontrust Asset Management (LSE:LIO), NextEnergy Solar Fund Ltd (LSE:NESF), Norcros PLC (LSE:NXR), Speedy Hire PLC (LSE:SDY), Warehouse REIT PLC (AIM:WHR), XPS Pensions Group PLC (LSE:XPS), Investec PLC (LSE:INVP)

Finals: Britvic PLC (LSE:BVIC), Grainger Plc (LSE:GRI)

US earnings: Baidu Inc, Deere & Co, Intuit Inc (NASDAQ:INTU, ETR:ITU)

AGMs: Abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust PLC, Close Brothers Group PLC (LSE:CBG), Dunelm Group PLC (LSE:DNLM), Eagle Eye Solutions Group PLC (AIM:EYE), Fidelity Asian Values PLC (LSE:FAS), Future Metals, Invesco Global Equity Income Trust PLC, JD Wetherspoon PLC (LSE:JDW), Origin Enterprises PLC, Pacific Horizon Investment Trust (LSE:PHI) PLC, Pan African Resources PLC (AIM:PAF, OTCQX:PAFRY, JSE:PAN, OTCQX:PAFRF), PZ Cussons (LSE:PZC) PLC, Thorpe PLC

Economic announcements: Public Sector Net Borrowing (UK)

Ex-dividends to reduce FTSE 100 by: 3.27

Friday 22 November

Announcements due:

Interims: Workspace Group PLC (LSE:WKP)

AGMs: Caracal Gold PLC (LSE:GCAT), DFS Furniture PLC (LSE:DFS), Europa Metals Ltd (AIM:EUZ, JSE:EUZ), GreenX Metals Ltd (LSE:GRX, ASX:GRX), Neometals Ltd (ASX:NMT, OTC:NMTAY, AIM:NMT), Quadrise PLC (AIM:QED), Sovereign Metals Ltd (ASX:SVM, OTC:SVMLF, AIM:SVML), Synergia Energy Ltd (AIM:SYN)

Economic announcements: Consumer Confidence (UK), Flash Composite PMI (UK), Gross Domestic Product (GER)

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