Vodafone, Santander, GSK, AstraZeneca and Diageo are among those teeing up a busy week ahead.
Vodafone, as its £15 billion merger with Three approaches, will be in focus after a quiet Monday.
Guinness maker Diageo and Crest Nicholson will also feature on Tuesday, with the latter having pushed back its figures.
Wednesday then sees attention on the pharmaceutical sector, as GSK reports ahead of AstraZeneca on Thursday.
SSE and Santander are also in line to report on Wednesday, before Watches of Switzerland's Thursday update.
In the US, another busy week brings reports from the likes of Amazon, Alphabet, Disney and Ford.
The Bank of England's latest interest rate decision and US non-farm payroll will dominate the macroeconomic headlines in the meantime... Read the preview
Monday 03 February
Announcements due:
Trading updates: Hg Capital Trust PLC
US earnings: Palantir Technologies
AGMs: Henderson European Trust PLC, Keystone Positive Change Investment Trust PLC, Rockwood Strategic PLC
Economic announcements: Manufacturing PMI (UK), Inflation (EU), Manufacturing PMI (US)
Tuesday 04 February
Vodafone's £15 billion tie-up with Three looms ahead of it reports... Read more
Diageo's recovery story is set to be the focus when the Guinness maker updates... Read more
Crest Nicholson had delayed figures in order to assess the impact of fire remediation costs... Read more
Announcements due:
Trading updates: Staffline Group PLC, Vodafone Group PLC, Entain PLC
Interims: Alumasc Group PLC, Diageo PLC, Filtronic PLC, Nwf Group PLC
Finals: Crest Nicholson Holdings PLC
US earnings: Amgen, Ball Corp, The Estee Lauder Companies, Merck & Co, PayPal Holdings, PepsiCo, Pfizer, Spotify Technology Inc, Willis Towers Watson, Advanced Micro Devices, Alphabet Inc, Mondelez, Snap Inc, Super Micro Computer
AGMs: Asia Dragon Trust PLC, Ten Lifestyle Group PLC, Nwf Group PLC
Economic announcements: Factory Orders (US)
Wednesday 05 February
GSK has juggled with pressure around its pipeline and Donald Trump's election victory... Read more
SSE's update comes hot on the heels of an upgrade by UBS analysts... Read more
Santander's results come after speculation around its exit from the UK... Read more
Announcements due:
Trading updates: DCC PLC, SSE PLC
Interims: Made Tech Group PLC
Finals: GSK PLC, Pressure Technologies PLC, Banco Santander SA
US earnings: Alibaba Group Holding, Novo Nordisk, Uber Technologies, The Walt Disney Co, ARM Holdings, Ford Motor Co, MicroStrategy, Qualcomm Inc
AGMs: Coro Energy PLC, Jaywing PLC, Premier Miton Group PLC, Ti Fluid Systems PLC
Economic announcements: Car Sales (UK), Composite PMI (UK), Balance of Trade (UK), Composite PMI (US), Crude Oil Stocks (US)
Thursday 06 February
Concerns around growth visibility at Watches of Switzerland have been raised before its update... Read more
Announcements due:
Trading updates: Compass Group PLC, Jtc PLC, Watches Of Switzerland Group PLC
Finals: AstraZeneca PLC
US earnings: Bristol-Myers Squibb, Eli Lilly and Co, Philip Morris International, Roblox, Amazon.com Inc, Cloudflare, Illumina, Pinterest, Take-Two Interactive Software
AGMs: Compass Group PLC, Hargreave Hale AIM VCT PLC, Intuitive Investments Group PLC, Sage Group PLC
Economic announcements: Interest Rate Call (UK), Initial Jobless Claims (US), Retail Sales (EU)
Friday 07 February
Announcements due:
Interims: Ashmore Group PLC
AGMs: Agronomics Limited, Victrex
Economic announcements: Halifax House Prices (UK), Non-farm Payrolls (US), Unemployment (US)