Thursday preview: US jobless claims, euro area money supply growth in focus

by | Dec 28, 2022

The market spotlight on the next to last trading session of the year would be on the US jobs market.
At 1330 GMT, the Department of Labor was scheduled to release weekly unemployment claims figures for the week ending on 24 December.

Nonetheless, the data were likely to be muddied by seasonal adjustment problems around Christmas.

In the euro area meantime, at 0900 GMT the European Central Bank would release M3 money supply growth data for November.

No major economic releases were expected in the UK or Japan.

Thursday 29 December

FINAL EX-DIVIDEND DATE

Schroder Asia Pacific Fund, AB Dynamics, Oxford Metrics, Grainger, Cerillion

AGMs

Hotel Chocolat Group, Online Blockchain, PetroNeft Resources (CDI), Orchard Funding Group, Amte Power, Genedrive, ADVFN, SkinBioTherapeutics

FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE

DFS Furniture

INTERIM EX-DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE

Latham (James), Gore Street Energy Storage Fund, Artemis Alpha Trust, Volta Finance Limited NPV (GBP), BT Group, Schroder Income Growth Fund, Currys, Jet2, NB Global Monthly Income Fund Limited Red Ord Shs NPV £, The Global Smaller Companies Trust, Troy Income & Growth Trust, Volta Finance Limited, Schroder European Real Estate Investment Trust, International Biotech Trust

INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE

VPC Specialty Lending Investments, Develop North, Abrdn Japan Investment Trust

SPECIAL EX-DIVIDEND DATE

New Century AIM VCT

QUARTERLY EX-DIVIDEND DATE

Value and Indexed Property Income Trust, Real Estate Investors

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

M3 Money Supply (EU) (09:00)

Continuing Claims (US) (13:30)

Initial Jobless Claims (US) (13:30)

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