Week ahead: UK, French elections, US jobs report in focus

Politics will overshadow the release of the US jobs report this week as weary citizens vent their frustrations at the ballot box.

On 4 July Britons will head to the polls, preceded by their counterparts in France over the next weekend.

The results however are expected to be a mirror image of each other, with the French far-right National Rally expected to come out on top, whilst Labour wins on home shores.

Against that backdrop, on Friday the Department of Labor will release non-farm payrolls figures for the month of June (consensus: 180,000).

On Monday meanwhile, a raft of factory sector purchasing managers’ surveys are due out in China, Europe and the US.

Of particular import will be the former and the latter.

They will be followed on Thursday by the results of comparable surveys but for the country’s services sector.

US financial markets will remain closed on Thursday in observance of the 4 July holiday.

Monday 01 July

INTERIMS

Porvair

INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE

Bellway, Ecclesiastical Insurance 8.625% Non-Cum Irr Pref Shares, General Accident ‘A’

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

Construction Spending (US) (15:00)

ISM Manufacturing (US) (15:00)

ISM Prices Paid (US) (15:00)

PMI Manufacturing (GER) (08:55)

PMI Manufacturing (EU) (09:00)

PMI Manufacturing (US) (14:45)

EGMS

SRT Marine Systems

UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

Consumer Credit (09:30)

M4 Money Supply (09:30)

Mortgage Approvals (09:30)

Nationwide House Price Index (07:00)

PMI Manufacturing (09:30)

FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE

Fuller Smith and Turner 6% 1st Cumulative Preference 1, Fuller Smith and Turner 8% 2nd Cumulative Preference 1, Marshalls, Renold 6% Cum. Prfd., TotalEnergies SE

Tuesday 02 July

INTERIMS

Kitwave Group

INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE

Blackrock Frontiers Investment Trust, United Kingdom 3 3/4% Treasury Gilt 29/01/2038

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

Auto Sales (US) (20:30)

Unemployment Rate (EU) (10:00)

GMS

Artemis Resources Limited NPV (DI)

FINALS

CML Microsystems, DSW Capital, Mercia Asset Management, Supreme

SPECIAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE

Billington Holdings

AGMS

Alkemy Capital Investments , Capital Gearing Trust, Mining, Minerals & Metals , Phoenix Spree Deutschland Limited Shs NPV , Zenova Group

FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE

Billington Holdings, Bunzl, HSS Hire Group

Wednesday 03 July

INTERIM EX-DIVIDEND DATE

Merchants Trust 3.65% Cumulative Preference 1

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

Continuing Claims (US) (13:30)

Crude Oil Inventories (US) (15:30)

Factory Orders (US) (15:00)

FOMC Interest Rate Minutes (US) (19:00)

Initial Jobless Claims (US) (13:30)

ISM Prices Paid (US) (15:00)

ISM Services (US) (15:00)

MBA Mortgage Applications (US) (12:00)

PMI Composite (EU) (09:00)

PMI Composite (GER) (08:55)

PMI Composite (US) (14:45)

PMI Services (EU) (09:00)

PMI Services (GER) (08:55)

PMI Services (US) (14:45)

Producer Price Index (EU) (10:00)

GMS

Pulsar Group

FINALS

ActiveOps, Baltic Classifieds Group, Baltic Classifieds Group, System1 Group, Zigup, Zigup

AGMS

Airtel Africa , Braemar , Eneraqua Technologies, Golden Prospect Precious Metals Ltd., Jpmorgan European Growth & Income

TRADING ANNOUNCEMENTS

Cairn Homes (CDI)

UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

PMI Composite (09:30)

PMI Services (09:30)

FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE

Balfour Beatty

FINAL EX-DIVIDEND DATE

Datang International Power Generation Co Ltd.

Thursday 04 July

INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE

Smiths News

INTERIM EX-DIVIDEND DATE

Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ltd Com Shs (DI), Paragon Banking Group, Premier Miton Group, S and U 31.5% Prf. Cum. Prf 12.5P, Safestore Holdings, Treatt, Union Jack Oil, Witan Investment Trust Plc

QUARTERLY PAYMENT DATE

Law Debenture Corp.

QUARTERLY EX-DIVIDEND DATE

Alpha Real Trust Ltd., CT Private Equity Trust, CT UK High Income Trust, CT UK High Income Trust B , Marble Point Loan Financing Limited NPV, Primary Health Properties, Real Estate Credit Investments Ltd

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

Factory Orders (GER) (07:00)

FINALS

Trifast, Trifast

SPECIAL EX-DIVIDEND DATE

Manchester & London Investment Trust

AGMS

3i Infrastructure, Assura , Great Portland Estates, JD Sports Fashion, Sainsbury (J), Scottish Mortgage Inv Trust

UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

PMI Construction (09:30)

FINAL EX-DIVIDEND DATE

Bank of Georgia Group, Big Yellow Group, Bisichi , Facilities by ADF, Fuller Smith & Turner, ICG Enterprise Trust, NewRiver REIT, Next, Next 15 Group, Shires Income, Skillcast Group, Workspace Group, Young & Co’s Brewery ‘A’ Shares, Young & Co’s Brewery (Non-Voting)

Friday 05 July

INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE

Associated British Foods, Britvic, Grainger

QUARTERLY PAYMENT DATE

BlackRock Sustainable American Income Trust, TwentyFour Select Monthly Income Fund Limited

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

Industrial Production (GER) (07:00)

Non-Farm Payrolls (US) (13:30)

Retail Sales (EU) (10:00)

Unemployment Rate (US) (13:30)

SPECIAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE

Marlowe

AGMS

1Spatial

UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

Halifax House Price Index (07:00)

FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE

Capital Gearing Trust, Computacenter, Essentra, Forterra, Hill and Smith, Judges Scientific, Likewise Group, Marks & Spencer Group, Menhaden Resource Efficiency, Warpaint London , Whitbread, WPP