Friday preview: Week set to end on a quiet note

24th Nov 2016 16:44

(ShareCast News) - A second reading on third quarter gross domestic product and the Confederation of British Industry´s Distributive Trades Survey would be the focus in UK markets on Friday.Otherwise, the end of the week was expected to end with a whimper, given the dearth of references on both the corporate calendar and on the economic front overseas.US equity markets were set to open for just a half session, with exceedinly light trading conditions likely as a result. Overnight, foreign exchange markets might react to the latest national Japanese consumer price data referencing the month of October, followed by November CPI data for Tokyo, with the latter typically setting the trend for the nation-wide numbers.Stateside, the sole indicator scheduled for release was the advanced report on international trade for the month of October.The flow of data in the euro area was set to be similarly light, with a reading on French consumer confidence and retail sales and industrial orders in Italy as the only reports due out.In company news, Immunodiagnostic Systems Holdings and Pennon were set to publish their interims, alongside Zambeef Products´ finals. Friday November 25INTERIMSImmunodiagnostic Systems Holdings, Pennon GroupINTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATEAction Hotels, Amati Vct 2, Booker Group, Card Factory, CareTech Holding, JZ Capital Partners Ltd, Lookers, Maven Income & Growth VCT, Morgan Advanced Materials , Moss Bros Group, Next Fifteen Communications, Prime People, Provident Financial, Sequoia Economic Infrastructure Income Fund Limited C shares, Smart Metering Systems, Trinity Mirror, U And I GroupQUARTERLY PAYMENT DATEPrimary Health Properties, Tetragon Financial Group LimitedINTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTSImport Price Index (GER) (07:00)Wholesales Inventories (US) (13:30)FINALSZambeef ProductsSPECIAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATECalculus VCT, Card FactoryEGMSGlobalworth Real Estate Investments Limited, PJSC Megafon GDR (Reg S), Tengri Resources (DI)AGMSCoal of Africa Ltd., Origin Enterprises, Pan African Resources, Range Resources Ltd. (DI)UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTSCBI Distributive Trades Surveys (11:00)Gross Domestic Product (09:30)Index of Services (09:30)Nationwide House Price Index (07:00)FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATEAeorema Communications, Animalcare Group, Clinigen Group, CVC Credit Partners European Opportunities Ltd EURO, CVC Credit Partners European Opportunities Ltd GBP, Dunelm Group, Go-Ahead Group, JPMorgan Global Growth & Income, JPMorgan Income & Growth Inv Trust Income Shares