Across the euro zone, last Friday’s bank stress test results will continue to dominate during the early part of the week as markets absorb their implications.
On the domestic front the economic calendar is fairly light. The main focus will be on the latest quarterly economic bulletin from the Central Bank, which is expected to strike a slightly more upbeat tone than in previous updates.
Monday July 26th
Results: Crane; Sanmina-SCI
Meeting: Ovoca Gold agm and egm (Buswells Hotel)
Indicators: Irish Trade Statistics (Mar); US New Home Sales (Jun)
Tuesday July 27th
Results: Air France-KLM; BP; CB Richard Ellis; Daimler; Deutsche Bank; Dominos Pizza; Icon; Invesco; Santander BanCorp; Supervalu
Indicators: EMU M3 (Jun); Irish Wholesale Price Index (Jun); US S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices (May) and Consumer Confidence (Jul); UK CBI Distributive Trades (Jul); German Retail Sales (Jun)
Other: Launch of first Irish IAB/PwC online advertising spend study
Wednesday July 28th
Results: AIB; ConocoPhillips; easyJet; Jones Lang LaSalle; Symantec; The Carphone Warehouse
Indicators: US Federal Reserve Beige Book and Durable Goods Orders (Jun); UK Land Registry House Prices (Jun); German Consumer Price Index (Jul)
Thursday July 29th
Results: Becton Dickinson; BT; Cap Gemini; Lufthansa; Saint-Gobain; Sanofi-Aventis; Siemens; Statoil; Travis Perkins; Trinity Biotech
Meeting: Company law seminar with barrister Brian Walker (Radisson Blu, Golden Lane, D8)
Indicators: EMU Economic Confidence (Jul) and Industrial Confidence (Jul); Irish Recorded Crime (Q2), Milk Statistics (Jun) and Quarterly National Household Survey module on Caring (Q3); US Jobless Claims; UK Consumer Credit (Jun) and Mortgage Applications (Jun); German Unemployment Rate (Jul); French PPI (Jun)
Friday July 30th
Results: Alcatel-Lucent; Aon; British Airways; HeidelbergCement; Iberia; Italcementi; Lafarge
Indicators: EU HICP Flash (Jul) and Unemployment (Jun); Irish Overseas Travel (May) and Central Bank Quarterly Economic Bulletin (Q3); US Employment Costs (Q2), GDP (Q2), Chicago PMI (Jul) and Michigan Sentiment (Jul); UK Gfk Consumer Sentiment (Jul)
