A slew of trading updates out this week will provide an insight into the health of the Irish corporate sector, with CRH and Aer Lingus issuing interim management statements in the days ahead, and Smurfit Kappa due to release first quarter results on Friday.
MONDAY
May bank holiday – Irish Stock Exchange closed
Results: TNT
Meeting: OECD Policy Forum on Tackling Inequality
Indicators: US Construction Spending (Mar); German PMI - Manufacturing (Apr)
TUESDAY
Results: Geberit; Genworth Financial
Meeting: Lufthansa agm; CSM agm
Indicators: EMU Producer Price Index (Mar); US Factory Orders (Mar)
WEDNESDAY
Results: Anheuser Busch Inbev; BNP Paribas; Fortis; Holcim
Meeting: CRH agm and interim management statement (Royal Marine Hotel, Dún Laoghaire); Grafton Group agm (IMI Conference Centre); OECD World Economic Forum on Africa 2011 (to Fri, Cape Town)
Indicators: EMU Retail Sales (Mar); Irish Milk Statistics (Mar); US EIA Crude Oil Stocks Change; UK Nationwide Housing Prices (Apr); German PMI – Services (Apr)
Other: Interim management statements from Aer Lingus and Diageo
THURSDAY
Results: Société Générale; Lafarge
Meeting: American Chamber of Commerce (Convention Centre Dublin); Spring Business Lunch UPC breakfast briefing (Shelbourne Hotel); Technology For NGOs and Non-Profits Conference (Morrison Hotel, D1); Technology in Business Conference (Maryborough Hotel, Douglas, Cork); US vice-president Joe Biden to host a deficit reduction meeting with members of Congress
Indicators: ECB interest rate decision; Irish Live Register (Apr); Bank of England interest rate decision
Other: Aer Lingus interim management statement; Bord Gáis Éireann to launch 2010 annual report; Financial Regulator Matthew Elderfield to make speech on consumer debt (GMIT, Galway); launch of new Wexford web portal to promote tourism (Wexford Opera House)
FRIDAY
Results: Alcatel Lucent
Meeting: Smurfit Kappa agm (The Conrad Hotel, Earlsfort Terrace, D2); Aer Lingus agm (The Radisson Hotel, Dublin airport)
Indicators: US Average Hourly Earnings (Apr), Non-farm Payrolls (Apr) and Consumer Credit Change (Mar); German Industrial Production (Mar)
