Friday preview: UK retail sales, German Ifo index in focus.


Investors' focus at the end of the week will shift back to the UK a little.

Bundestag from inside

Source: Sharecast

At 0600 BST, the Office for National Statistics will release retail sales data covering the month of June.

It will be followed at 0800 BST by the results of the Ifo Institute's closely followed business confidence survey for the month of July.

In parallel, the European Central Bank will release M3 money supply growth numbers for June.

Stateside the sole economic indicator due out is a reading on US durable goods orders for June.

As ever, traders will be keeping an eye out for any market-moving news-flow around possible trade deals between Washington and the European Union or India.

Friday 25 July

INTERIMS

Rightmove, Jupiter Fund Management

Q1

Airtel Africa

TRADING ANNOUNCEMENTS

Taylor Maritime Limited NPV

AGMs

Atome, Steppe Cement Ltd, Power Metal Resources, Bezant Resources, Cordiant Digital Infrastructure Limited NPV

FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE

RS Group, Vertu Motors, Skillcast Group, Ecora Resources, Premier Foods, Record, Anpario, Bisichi, 3i Group, S&U, Serica Energy, Airtel Africa, Land Securities Group, Value and Indexed Property Income Trust, Bytes Technology Group, British Land Company, Baillie Gifford China Growth Trust, Big Yellow Group, B.P. Marsh & Partners

INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE

Gooch & Housego, Henderson High Income Trust, Barings Emerging Emea Opportunities, Invesco Asia Dragon Trust, Hollywood Bowl Group, Franklin Global Trust, Hargreave Hale AIM VCT, Residential Secure Income, British Smaller Companies VCT, Paragon Banking Group, Warehouse Reit, AVI Global Trust, The Character Group

QUARTERLY PAYMENT DATE

Patria Private Equity Trust, Real Estate Credit Investments Ltd

UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

GFK Consumer Confidence (00:01)

Retail Sales (07:00)

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

M3 Money Supply (EU) (09:00)

IFO Business Climate (GER) (09:00)

IFO Current Assessment (GER) (09:00)

IFO Expectations (GER) (09:00)

Durable Goods Orders (US) (13:30)

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