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TODAY Indicators: Euro zone Sentix investor confidence (Jan); US Total vehicle sales (Dec); German CPI (Dec).

TOMORROW Results: Leeds Group. Indicators: Euro zone markit services PMI (Dec); US ISM non-manufacturing PMI (Dec), markit services PMI (Dec), factory orders (Nov); German markit services PMI (Dec); Japanese markit services PMI (Dec).

WEDNESDAY Indicators: Euro zone CPI (Dec) and unemployment rate (Dec); US FOMC minutes and trade balance; UK Halifax house prices (Dec); German unemployment rate (Dec). Other: BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition (RDS, to Sat); Persimmon trading update.

THURSDAY Results: Avesco. Meetings: BT Mindshare business breakfast; Women 2.0 City Meet-up Dublin; Nure Net Business Breakfast Club; Dublin Chamber of Commerce business briefing – 'Shaping Dublin's Development'. Indicators: Euro zone retail sales (Nov) and producer price index (Nov); Bank of England asset purchase facility (Jan) and interest rate decision; German factory orders (Nov); Japanese leading economic index (Nov) and machinery orders (Nov). Other: Trading update from Marks & Spencer and Tesco.

FRIDAY Results: Subaru. Indicators: US non-farm payrolls (Dec) and unemployment rate (Dec); UK industrial production (Nov) and total trade balance (Nov); German exports, industrial production (Nov) and trade balance (Nov).