A holiday-shortened week includes trading updates from the likes of Tesla, Unilever, Asos, AJ Bell and Google owner Alphabet.
Economic updates include flash PMIs surveys for the UK, Europe and US that could provide some of the first post-tariff data, along with UK retail sales, and confidence figures for both businesses and consumers.
Monday 21 April
Easter Bank Holiday
Tuesday 22 April
The UK financial calendar is fairly quiet as markets get up and running after the long Easter weekend.
Attention will be focused on Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) later in the day, with what has been popular with investors on both sides of the Atlantic in recent years beset by a sharp recent slide.
This has partly been due to the brand being hit by connections between boss Elon Musk and the White House, but recent “disaster” delivery numbers showed the problems may go deeper, even leading some of its most bullish supporters to turn on the EV maker…read more
Announcements due:
Finals: Arecor Therapeutics, Ebiquity
Overseas earnings: Verizon Communications (pre-market), Tesla, (after market close)
AGM: AIQ, Beazley, Logistics Development Group, N4 Pharma, Woodbois
Economics announcements: Consumer Confidence (EU), Fed Redbook (US), BoE Breeden Speech (UK)
Wednesday 23 April
UK earnings look quiet again on Wednesday, with more corporate action in the US, including Boeing, Philip Morris and IBM.
Mid-week macro could be interesting, with the PMI surveys for many major economies revealing data for the first two weeks after Donald Trump's 'liberation day' announcement on so-called reciprocal tariffs.
Announcements due:
Trading updates: PensionBee Group, Quilter
Interims: AB Dynamics, Ten Lifestyle Group
Finals: Gresham House Energy Storage Fund, Northcoders Group
Overseas earnings: AT&T, Boeing, Keurig Dr Pepper, Philip Morris International, Thermo Fisher Scientific (pre-market), IBM, Newmont, ServiceNow (after close)
AGM: AFC Energy, Bellevue Healthcare Trust, Bunzl, Entain, NatWest Group, Nichols, Smithson Investment Trust
Economics announcements: Public Sector Net Borrowing (UK), Flash PMI surveys (UK, EU, US), GFK Consumer Confidence (GER), Balance of Trade (EU), MBA Mortgage Applications (US), New Homes Sales (US), Crude Oil Inventories (US)
Thursday 24 April
Unilever PLC (LSE:ULVR) is the biggest of the UK quarterly reporters this week, fresh from the fast-moving consumer goods giant parting ways with its CEO in February.
Analysts at Citi sees the long-term investment case but warned that the consumer goods giant faces a sluggish first half, with weak demand expected in developed markets and a subdued pricing environment in Asia. Tariffs commentary will be interesting...read more
A second-quarter update from AJ Bell PLC (LSE:AJB) comes with the shares down 14% since hitting an all-time high last autumn, after rival HL was taken private. The last update in January showed all the key numbers moving in the right direction and recently Deutsche Bank returned the shares to its 'buy' list...read more
ASOS PLC (LSE:ASC) climbed off recent 17-year lows on the back of an update that was helped by a return to growth in full-price sales across its own-label ranges. But some analysts said not to read too much into it...read more
Announcements due:
Trading updates: AJ Bell, Inchcape, Jupiter Fund Management, RELX, Spirent Communications, St James's Place, Unilever, Weir Group
Interims: ASOS, Tracsis
Finals: Pennant International Group
Overseas earnings: Merck & Co, PepsiCo, Procter & Gamble, Willis Towers Watson (all pre-market), Alphabet, Gilead Sciences, Intel Corp,
AGM: Greencoat UK Wind, Hikma Pharmaceuticals, Murray International Trust, RELX, Team, Weir Group
Economics announcements: CBI Industrial Trends and Business Optimism Index (UK), IFO survey (GER), Jobless Claims (US), Durable Goods Orders (US), Existing Home Sales (US)
Ex-dividends to reduce FTSE 100 by: 5.65 points (mostly Legal & General Group and Haleon, also Spirax, Hiscox, Rightmove)
Friday 25 April
Announcements due:
Overseas earnings: AbbVie, GE Vernova, SLB
AGM: ME Group International, Pristine Capital, Senior
Economics announcements: Gfk Consumer Confidence (UK), Car Production (UK), Retail Sales (UK), Uni of Michigan Confidence (US)