Financial markets’ focus on Tuesday may be on the geopolitical for a change, as G7 leaders meet to discuss the situation in Afghanistan.
Against that backdrop, no major economic releases are scheduled in the UK.
Stateside, the Department of Commerce will release a reading on new home sales in July.
Across the Channel, before the opening bell, Germany’s Federal Office of Statistics will publish a final reading on the economy’s rate of growth in the second quarter.
At 1330 BST, European Central Bank executive board member, Isabel Schnabel, is due to deliver a speech at the virtual EEA-ESEM conference.
Tuesday 24 August
INTERIMS
PureTech Health
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
Gross Domestic Product (GER) (07:00)
New Homes Sales (US) (15:00)
EGMS
Global Ports Investments GDR (REG S)
AGMS
Northern Bear, Nuformix, Purplebricks Group
