(Sharecast News) – Investors’ attention at the end of the week will be on a raft of purchasing managers survey results due out in the U.K., euro area and U.S..
Consensus is that the former two regions will have recorded a slightly stronger rate of expansion with the opposite being true of the States.
Also due out on home shores, overnight consultancy GfK will publish the results of its consumer confidence survey for December.
In parallel, China’s National Bureau of Statistics will release a barrage of activity indicators covering the month of November.
Also due out were U.S. industrial production data for November and the Empire State index for December.
Friday 15 December
INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
Airtel Africa , B&M European Value Retail S.A. (DI), Cake Box Holdings, Calnex Solutions , DCC (CDI), Kainos Group , Portmeirion Group, ProVen Growth & Income VCT, ProVen VCT, Sainsbury (J), Scottish Mortgage Inv Trust, Tavistock Investments, Telecom Plus, Wincanton, Wynnstay Properties
QUARTERLY PAYMENT DATE
Pershing Square Holdings Ltd NPV, Pershing Square Holdings Ltd NPV (USD), Petrotal Corporation NPV (DI)
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
Balance of Trade (EU) (10:00)
Capacity Utilisation (US) (14:15)
Industrial Production (US) (14:15)
Wholesale Price Index (GER) (07:00)
SPECIAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
Canadian General Investments Ltd., Gattaca, Lancashire Holdings Limited
EGMS
Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Ltd
AGMS
Abingdon Health , Aptamer Group, Bellway, Dci Advisors LTD, Etalon Group GDR (Reg S), Frontier IP Group, Renalytix (Reg S), Schroder BSC Social Impact Trust, Thor Explorations Ltd (DI), Ultimate Products , Wentworth Resources NPV
UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
GFK Consumer Confidence (00:01)
FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
Asia Dragon Trust , Craneware, Croma Security Solutions Group, Fidelity Emerging Markets Limited Ptg NPV, Gattaca, Hargreaves Lansdown, James Halstead, SCS Group
