After last week’s disappointing exchequer returns and live register figures, retail sales and inflation data due out in the coming days will be closely watched.
TODAY
Results: Hasbro; Qiagen; SWS
Meeting: European Commission holds one-day conference on international developments in accounting and auditing (Brussels)
Indicators: EMU Sentix Investor Confidence (Feb); Irish Ulster Bank Construction PMI (Jan) and House Prices (Jan); Swiss Unemployment Rate (Jan).
TOMORROW
Results: Biogen Idec; Gartner; Coca-Cola; Walt Disney
Meeting: United Drug agm (Shelbourne Hotel); Bord Bia’s Marketplace 2010 (Croke Park); Trinity Alumni Career Network (Innovation Academy, D2); Network Evening with Dún Laoghaire/Rathdown Chamber.
Indicators: Irish Retail Sales (Dec) and KBC Ireland/ESRI Consumer Sentiment Index (Jan); US Wholesale Inventories (Dec); UK BRC Retail Sales Monitor (Jan), RICS House Price Balance (Jan) and DCLG House Price Index (Dec).
Other: Trading statement from Buzzi Unicem; United Drug interim management statement
WEDNESDAY
Results: Air France-KLM; Boston Scientific; Elan; Marsh McLennan; Mittel; Peugeot; Sanofi-Aventis; Smurfit Kappa; The New York Times; Travis Perkins
Meeting: Chartered Accountants Leinster Society February Luncheon (Chartered Accountants House, Pearse St); Be Inspired series of free lunchtime talks starts with Dr Chris Horn, co-founder of IONA Technologies (DIT Kevin Street); Raising Private Equity Roundtable Event (Dublin City Enterprise Board, D2).
Indicators: Irish Industrial Production Turnover (Dec); US Trade Balance (Dec) and EIA Crude Oil Stocks change (Feb 5); UK NIESR GDP Estimate (Jan), Industrial Production (Dec).
THURSDAY
Results: Alcatel-Lucent; Beckman Coulter; BT; Credit Suisse; Diageo; Expedia; KBC; Marriott International; PepsiCo; Renault; Rio Tinto; Rolls-Royce; Smith Nephew; Statoil; Sun Life Financial; Viacom.
Meeting: Greencore agm
Indicators: ECB Monthly Report (Jan); Irish Consumer Price Index (Jan) and Vehicles Licensed for the First Time (Jan); US Initial Jobless Claims (Feb 6), Retail Sales (MoM) (Jan) and Business Inventories (Dec).
FRIDAY
Results: Ingersoll-Rand; Michelin
Meeting: “Special Experts” Forum on European State Aid Law (Royal Irish Academy)
Indicators: EMU Retail Sales (Dec); US Reuters/Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index (Feb); UK Leading Indicator Index (Dec); German Gross Domestic Product (Q4).
