Turmoil in the markets and ever less encouraging signals on the economic front will not be the stuff to cheer EU leaders as they gather in Seville at the end of the week to address, among other things, the Taoiseach's request for a declaration to ease the path of the Nice treaty.
A day earlier, finance ministers come together to address the need for budgetary stability, now that the french parliamentary elections are safely out of the way.
Ahead of those meetings, economic data will be the focal point with markets looking for some signal in US and EU inflation figures to put a floor underneath their respective markets.
On the corporate front, Gresham Hotels holds an annual general meeting where the main subject of interest will be the stakebuilding in the group by Israel's Red Sea group and its demand for boardroom changes. Further from home, many of the top names in the US investment banking industry report second-quarter figures.
Attention will focus on the accompanying post-Spitzer commentary about reform on brokerage research operations and also about the impact on the industry of the growing list of US corporate scandals.
Monday
Results: Business Systems Group, Carclo, Cater Barnard (H1), Faupel Trading, Intelek, Jasmin, Reflec, Transacsys, Volex Group, Wyndeham Press Group.
A.G.M.: EasyJet (e.g.m.), ID Data (e.g.m.).
Meetings: Energy Ireland 2002 conference (Burlington Hotel, Dublin - to Tues); Conference on tax planning for high net worth individuals (Ramada Plaza, London - to Tues).
Indicators: US national association of housebuilders' index (Jun); German wholesale prices (May); Italian consumer prices (May).
Tuesday
Results: Bespak, Blick (H1), Club Med (H1), Cropper (James), Deltron Electronics (H1), Detica, Halma, Isoft Group, Lehman Brothers (Q2), London Securities, Northgate Securities, Oracle, Red Hat (Q1), Victoria, Wynnstay Properties.
A.G.M.: Gartmore Global Tst, Publicis, VI Group.
Indicators: EMU consumer prices (May); British retail prices (May); US consumer prices (May), real earnings (May) and housing starts/completions (May); French current account (Apr).
Others: Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland Bill second stage in Dáil; Abbey National issues trading update.
Wednesday
Results: Alba, Bear Stearns (Q2), GTech (Q1), Gucci (Q1), H&M (Q2), Mondas, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter (Q2), Parkman Group, Stanelco (H1), Stewart & Wright.
A.G.M.: Brit Insurance, Deutsche Lufthansa, Eloro Mining, Exploration Company, Gresham Hotels, Ivory & Sime UK Smlr, Lamont (e.g.m.), Oxus (e.g.m.).
Meetings: Wireless Wednesday monthly meeting addresses "Success factors for Wireless investment" (Burlginton Hotel, Dublin).
Indicators: EMU industrial production (Apr); Italian consumer confidence (Jun).
Others: Bank of England monetary policy committee publishes minutes of June meeting.
Thursday
Results: 600 Group, Bede (Q1), Cutter & Buck, Goldman Sachs (Q2), John David Sports, Leopold Joseph Holdings, Solectron (Q3), Synergy Healtcare.
A.G.M.: Elf Acquitaine, Highlands & Lowlands, Guinness Flight Venture, Lionheart, Singer Fried Aim, Slingsby, UPC.
Meetings: Ecofin ministers discuss stability and growth pacts in advance of EU Summit (Seville, Spain); Renewable Energy Information Office solar energy conference (Brandon Hotel, Trelee - to Fri).
Indicators: EMU trade balance (Apr); US leading indicators (May), international trade (Apr), current account (Q1), federal budget (May) and Philadelphia Federal Survey (Jun); British retail sales (May) and CBI industrial trends survey (Jun); Japanese all-industries index (Apr) and tertiary sector index (Apr); Italian industrial sales (Apr) and industrial orders (Apr).
Others: NTMA bond auction of €€600 million of bonds due 2007.
Friday
A.G.M.: Hitachi Credit, Jennings Brothers.
Meetings: Summit of EU leaders (Seville, Spain - to Sun).
Indicators: German construction turnover (Apr); French consumer spending (May).
