Monday 3 November
Trading statements: HSBC, Telecity
AGMs: Abcam, Plutus Powergen
EGM: New World Resources
Economics: Markit UK Purchasing managers’ index – manufacturing, Halifax house prices
Tuesday 4 November
Interims: Advanced Computer Software, DCC
Finals: Associated British Foods, Imperial Tobacco
Trading statements: 888 Holdings, Biome Technologies, Hilton Food Group, Jardine Lloyd Thompson, Legal & General, Old Mutual, Persimmon, Quotient, Santander, Unite, Weir Group
AGMs: DX Group, Mobile Streams, Monitise, Premaitha Health
EGM: NextEnergy Solar Fund
Economics: Markit/CIPS Purchasing managers’ index – construction
Wednesday 5 November
Interims: First Derivatives, First Group, Marks & Spencer, Wincanton
Final: Applied Graphene Materials
Trading statements: Avocet Mining, Drax Group, esure, Hunting, JD Wetherspoon, Lancashire Holdings, Meggitt, Smurfit Kappa
AGMs: Hargreaves Services, Haynes Publishing, Quoram
Economics: British retail consortium shop price index, Official reserves, Markit/CIPS Purchasing managers’ index – services
Companies paying dividends: Alumasc (2.8p), Assura (0.45p), Carillion (5.6p), IPPlus (0.15p), M&G High Income Investment Trust Inc Shares (1.5p), M&G High Income Investment Trust Package Units (1.5p), Pacific Horizon Investment Trust (1.4p), Statpro (0.85p)
Thursday 6 November
Interims: Cable & Wireless Communications, Dairy Crest, Experian, Halfords, Shanks Group, Tate & Lyle
Trading statements: AstraZeneca, Beazley, Cobham, Costain, Croda International, easyJet, Hikma Pharmaceuticals, Inmarsat, Intu Properties, Promethean World, Randgold Resources, Rightmove, RSA Insurance, Schroders, Smith DS, Stock Spirits Group, SuperGroup, Synthomer, William Morrison Supermarkets
AGMs: Daniel Stewart Securities, Hansard Global, Thor Mining
Economics: New car registrations, Industrial production, Manufacturing output, Bank of England rate announcement, Asset purchase target, NIESR GDP estimate (October)
Companies paying dividends: Brammer (3.6p), British & American Investment Trust (2.7p), Cenkos Securities (7p), Photo-Me International (1.95p), Redde (3.5p), Synthomer (3p)
Friday 7 November
Interim: National Grid
Trading statements: Admiral Group, Bovis Homes, Capital & Counties, International Consolidated Airlines, KNOT Offshore Partners, Rentokil Initial, Spirax-Sarco Engineering, Tullett Prebon
AGMs: Galliford Try, Thorntons
Source: Investors Chronicle
