Friday preview: Global PMIs, Univeler in focus

(Sharecast News) - Markets' attention at the end of the week will be on the release of a raft of purchasing managers' surveys for manufacturing and services in the euro area, UK and US. On home shores, S&P Global will publish its purchasing managers' indices at 0930 BST.

They will be preceded a half hour before by euro area PMIs, followed by the US PMIs at 1445 BST.

Also due out in the UK are retail sales figures for October and consultancy GfK's consumer confidence index referencing the month of November.

On the company side of things, consumer goods giant Unilever is scheduled to hold a Capital Markets Day.

According to Guillaume Delmas at UBS, the company is expected to provide further details on its journey for over the next 3-5 years.

That will include an update on progress so far on the Growth Action Plan unveiled in October 2023.

Friday 22 November

AGMs

Quadrise, Synergia Energy Ltd NPV, Caracal Gold,

Neometals Ltd Npv (Di), DFS Furniture, Europa Metals Ltd NPV (DI), Sovereign Metals Limited NPV (DI), GreenX Metals Limited NPV (DI)

FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE

MJ Gleeson, Gabelli Merger Plus+ Trust, Smiths Group, Ricardo

INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE

Edinburgh Inv Trust, Next 15 Group, Care Reit, CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income, Abrdn Asian Income Fund Limited NPV, Alternative Income Reit, Howden Joinery Group, Invesco Global Equity Income Trust Glbl Eqty Inc Shs, Artemis Alpha Trust, Starwood European Real Estate Finance Ltd, M & G Credit Income Investment Trust, Foresight Solar Fund Limited, Bytes Technology Group, Sequoia Economic Infrastructure Income Fund Limited, Tesco, S&U, Warpaint London

SPECIAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE

Downing Strategic Micro-Cap Investment Trust Red

QUARTERLY PAYMENT DATE

JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income, Primary Health Properties

UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

GFK Consumer Confidence (00:01)

Retail Sales (07:00)

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

Gross Domestic Product (GER) (07:00)

U. of Michigan Confidence (US) (15:00)