Market Analysis

Economic Diary:
Week Commencing 04/12/17


Monday 04 December

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
Consumer Confidence Consumer Confidence Chart 44.5 44.9
PPI Month on Month PPI Month on Month Chart 0.6% 0.3% 0.4%
PPI Year on Year PPI Year on Year Chart 2.9% 2.6% 2.5%
Factory Orders Factory Orders Chart 1.4% -0.4% -0.1%

Corporate Statements

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Avacta, Character, GW Pharmaceuticals, Hardy Oil & Gas, Lonmin, Palace Capital, Trading Emissions
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Avacta, Character, GW Pharmaceuticals, Hardy Oil & Gas, Lonmin, Palace Capital, Trading Emissions

Tuesday 05 December

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
Retail Sales (Office for National Stats) Retail Sales (Office for National Stats) Chart -1.00% 0.60%
Retail Sales Retail Sales Chart 0.0% 0.3% 0.5%
RBA Cash Rate RBA Cash Rate Chart 1.50% 1.50% 1.50%
PMI Services   52.1 53.2 54.7
PMI Services   60.2 60.2 60.4
PMI Services   54.9 54.9 54.3
PMI Composite   57.5 57.5 57.5
PMI Services   56.2 56.2 56.2
PMI Services   55.6 55.0 53.8
Retail Sales Year on Year Retail Sales Year on Year Chart 3.7% 1.5% 0.4%
Retail Sales Month on Month Retail Sales Month on Month Chart 0.7% -0.7% -1.1%
Trade Balance Trade Balance Chart -3.18Bln CA -2.70Bln CA -1.47Bln CA
Trade Balance Trade Balance Chart -43.5Bln US -47.5Bln US -48.7Bln US
ISM Non Manufacturing Business Activity ISM Non Manufacturing Business Activity Chart 62.2 61.5 61.4
ISM Non Manufacturing Employment ISM Non Manufacturing Employment Chart 57.5 55.3
ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI Chart 60.1 59.0 57.4
ISM Non Manufacturing Prices Paid ISM Non Manufacturing Prices Paid Chart 62.7 60.7
ISM Non Manufacturing New Orders ISM Non Manufacturing New Orders Chart 62.8 58.7

Corporate Statements

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Capital & Regional, Character, Collagen Solutions PLC, Dewhurst, Fulcrum Uti Ser, Henderson European Focus Trust, IG Group Holdings, Iomart Group, JPMorgan Asian Investment Trust, PCF Group, PHSC, WYG
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Autozone Inc, Restoration Hardware Holdings, Toll Brothers, Veeva Systems
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Capital & Regional, Character, Collagen Solutions PLC, Dewhurst, Fulcrum Uti Ser, Henderson European Focus Trust, IG Group Holdings, Iomart Group, JPMorgan Asian Investment Trust, PCF Group, PHSC, WYG
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Autozone Inc, Restoration Hardware Holdings, Toll Brothers, Veeva Systems

Wednesday 06 December

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
GDP Final Quarter on Quarter GDP Final Quarter on Quarter Chart 0.8% 0.7% 0.6%
GDP Final Year on Year GDP Final Year on Year Chart 1.8% 3.0% 2.8%
ADP employment report ADP employment report Chart 235k 185k 190k
BoC Rate Decision   1.00% 1.00% 1.00%
EIA Weekly Crude Oil Stocks   -3.429Mln -3.404Mln -5.61Mln

Corporate Statements

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easyHotel, Eco Animal Heath, Image Scan, Mercia Technology, Numis Corporation, Oxford Metrics, Plastics Capital, RWS Holdings, Saga, Schroder Asian Total Return, Stagecoach Group, Summit Therapeutics (US), Tricorn Group

Thursday 07 December

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
Exports Exports Chart 3.0% -3.0%
Trade Balance Goods & Services Trade Balance Goods & Services Chart 1745Mln AU 1375Mln AU 105Mln AU
Imports Imports Chart 0.0% 2.0%
Industrial Production Month on Month Industrial Production Month on Month Chart -1.6% 1.0% -1.4%
Trade Balance Trade Balance Chart -4.67Bln EU -4.60Bln EU -4.96Bln EU
House Price Index UK (Halifax) House Price Index UK (Halifax) Chart 0.3% 0.2% 0.5%
GDP Revised Year on Year GDP Revised Year on Year Chart 2.5% 2.5% 2.6%
GDP Revised Quarter on Quarter GDP Revised Quarter on Quarter Chart 0.6% 0.6% 0.6%
Weekly Jobless Claims Weekly Jobless Claims Chart 238k 240k 236k
GDP Revised Quarter on Quarter GDP Revised Quarter on Quarter Chart 0.3% 0.4% 0.6%

Corporate Statements

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AEW UK Reit, Caretech Holdings, Imaginatik, Ironveld, Schroder Asia Pacific Fund, St.Modwen Properties, Xafinity
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AEW UK Reit, Caretech Holdings, Imaginatik, Ironveld, Schroder Asia Pacific Fund, St.Modwen Properties, Xafinity

Friday 08 December

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
Trade Balance Trade Balance Chart 21.8Bln EU 21.8Bln EU 19.9Bln EU
Industrial Production Month on Month   0.6% -0.1% 1.9%
Industrial Production Year on Year Industrial Production Year on Year Chart 2.5% 3.5% 3.6%
Industrial Production Month on Month Industrial Production Month on Month Chart 0.7% 0.0% 0.0%
Trade Balance Non-EU Trade Balance Non-EU Chart -2.98Bln GB -3.30Bln GB -2.38Bln GB
Manufacturing Output Month on Month Manufacturing Output Month on Month Chart 0.7% 0.1% 0.1%
Trade Balance Trade Balance Chart -11.25Bln GB -11.45Bln GB -10.78Bln GB
Manufacturing Output Year on Year Manufacturing Output Year on Year Chart 2.7% 3.9% 3.9%
House Starts Annualized House Starts Annualized Chart 222.8k 215.0k 252.2k
Average Earnings Average Earnings Chart 0.0% 0.3% 0.2%
Non-Farm Payrolls Non-Farm Payrolls Chart 261k 200k 228k
Unemployment Rate Unemployment Rate Chart 4.1% 4.1% 4.1%

Corporate Statements

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Berkeley Group Holdings (The), Evolution Group, John Laing Group
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Berkeley Group Holdings (The), Evolution Group, John Laing Group

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