Thursday preview: Domino's Pizza, PMI Manufacturing

30th Sep 2009 17:00

After the tumult of results announcements on Wednesday from companies cutting it fine in beating the deadline for publication of end-June results, a much quieter day is in prospect on Thursday.Domino's Pizza has been one of the success stories in the restaurant sector during the recession as cash strapped consumers opted to eschew eating out and stay at home and order in a pizza instead.The pizza delivery firm put in a sparkling first half performance, lifting sales by 15% on a year earlier, while pre-tax profits were up by 25% to £13.6m.Third quarter comparatives are likely to prove tougher to beat and the hot weather in July is unlikely to have helped sales, though predictions of a prolonged heat wave proved to be wide of the mark.QUARTERLIESDomino's Pizza INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATEChaucer Holdings, Greencore Group, Legal & General Group, Portmeirion, Robinson, TUI TravelQUARTERLY PAYMENT DATEOrpak SystemsFINALSTrading EmissionsAGMSFiske, ZetarFINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATEPark Group, VPUK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTSPMI Manufacturing Survey (09:30)INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTSPersonal Income (USA) (13:30)Personal Savings (USA) (13:30)Weekly Jobless Claims (USA) (13:30)Continuing Claims (USA) (13:30)ISM Manufacturing Survey (USA) (15:00)ISM Prices Paid (USA) (15:00)PMI Manufacturing Survey (FRA) (07:50)PMI Manufacturing Survey (GER) (07:55)PMI Manufacturing Survey (EC) (08:00)Jobless Rate (JPN)Household Spending (JPN)