For your diary

TODAY

Results: Acer; Lonmin.

Meetings: Cork Chamber AGM (Imperial Hotel, Cork).

Indicators: Irish balance of trade (Mar).

TOMORROW

Results: DCC; First Derivatives; Home Depot; Greencore; Premier Foods; Vodafone.

Indicators: UK inflation rate (Apr); UK retail price index (Apr); Euro zone balance of trade (Mar); US inflation rate (Apr); US industrial production (Apr); US manufacturing production (Apr); US housing starts (Apr).

WEDNESDAY

Results: Burberry; SAB Miller; SSE.

Meetings: International energy research conference (Gibson Hotel, Dublin 1); International Capital Market Association agm and conference (Convention Centre, Dublin 1).

Indicators: Japanese industrial production (Mar); UK unemployment rate (Mar); Euro zone inflation rate (Apr); US MBA mortgage applications (May 13th).

THURSDAY

Results: Britvic; Julius Baers; Merck; Royal Mail; Suedzucker; Thomas Cook; UDG Healthcare; Wal Mart.

Indicators: UK retail sales (Apr); US initial jobless claims (May 14th); Euro zone construction output (Mar).

FRIDAY

Results: Compagnie Financiere Richemont; Deere.

Meetings: Momentum Summit (Aviva Stadium, Dublin 4); Take-off business seminar (Thomond Park, Limerick); American Chamber annual dinner (DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel, Dublin 4).

Indicators: US Chicago Fed manufacturing index (Apr); US existing home sales (Apr); Euro zone current account (Mar).