Source: Sharecast
At 1230 BST, the Department of Labor is expected to announce that the pace of non-farm payroll growth slowed from 147,000 in June to 110,000 for July.
In parallel, the rate of unemployment is expected to have ticked higher by a tenth of a percentage point to 4.2%, whilst average hourly earnings were seen rising at a month-on-month clip of 0.3%.
Meanwhile, in the background, investors will be keeping an eye out for potentially market-moving headlines around the 1 August deadline set by the White House for reaching deals with many of its trade partners.
Also expected out of the US, at 1400 BST, the Institute for Supply Management is scheduled to release the results of its factory activity Purchasing Managers' Index for July.
The University of Michigan will publish its consumer confidence survey for that same month at the same hour.
On home shores, at 0600 BST Nationwide will release house price figures for July and S&P Global a final reading on its monthly factory PMI for the UK.
It will be preceded, overnight, by Caixin's China manufacturing PMI.
In the euro area, at 0900 BST Eurostat will provide a first look at harmonised CPI data for July.
Also on investors' radars, after Thursday's US market close, technology giants Amazon and Apple will update investors.
Friday 01 August
INTERIMS
IMI, IMI, IMI, International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (CDI), Intertek Group
INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
Heavitree Brewery, Heavitree Brewery 'A' Shares, Merchants Trust 3.65% Cumulative Preference 1, NCC Group, Premier Miton Group
QUARTERLY PAYMENT DATE
British American Tobacco, CT UK High Income Trust, CT UK High Income Trust B , Mercantile Investment Trust (The), TwentyFour Select Monthly Income Fund Limited
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
Construction Spending (US) (15:00)
ISM Manufacturing (US) (15:00)
Non-Farm Payrolls (US) (13:30)
PMI Manufacturing (EU) (09:00)
PMI Manufacturing (GER) (08:55)
PMI Manufacturing (US) (14:45)
U. of Michigan Confidence (US) (15:00)
Unemployment Rate (US) (13:30)
Q2
International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (CDI)
AGMS
Braveheart Investment Group, Windar Photonics
TRADING ANNOUNCEMENTS
Hornby
UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
PMI Manufacturing (09:30)
FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
B&M European Value Retail S.A. (DI), Discoverie Group, GB Group, ICG, Motorpoint Group, Next, Norcros, Tate & Lyle, United Utilities Group, Vianet Group, Vodafone Group, Workspace Group