THE IRISH corporate reporting season kicks off this week, with listed heavyweights such as CRH, Kerry Group, Irish Life Permanent and Paddy Power all due to publish interim results in the days ahead.
This should provide some impetus to the Irish stock market, which has seen anaemic levels of trading lately. The key economic indicator due out this week will be the external trade figures for June.
TODAY
Results:Bovis Homes; Kingspan; Yule Catto
Meeting: Veris agm (Maples and Calder)
Indicators:EU industrial orders (Jun); US Chicago Fed index (Jul); Canadian retail sales (Jun)
TOMORROW
Results:Air Berlin; Borders; Burger King; CRH; Kerry Group; Persimmon; Regus
Meeting:CFA Ireland presentation on trends in credit markets (Davenport Hotel); Swiss National Bank vice-chairman Philipp Hildebrandspeech: "The financial crisis – two years after"; Bank of Canada deputy governor Timothy Lane speaks on "The Canadian Economy Beyond the Recession" (Ontario)
Indicators:Irish trade statistics (Apr) and vehicles licensed for the first time (July); US ICSC/GS chain store sales (w/e Aug 22), Redbook sales (w/e Aug 22), Case/Shiller home prices (Jun), Richmond Fed manufacturing (Aug) and consumer confidence (Aug)
Other:US congressional budget office releases the summer update to the budget and economic outlook (Washington)
WEDNESDAY
Results:Babcock Brown infrastructure; Dexia; FBD; Glanbia; Guess; Heineken; Irish Life and Permanent; Paddy Power; Trintech; Tullow Oil
Indicators:Irish external trade (Jun) and agricultural price indices (Jun); US mortgage market index, refinancing index, durable goods (July), new home sales (Jul) and EIA weekly oil stocks report
THURSDAY
Results:Aer Lingus; American Eagle Outfitters; Avis Europe; Bebe Stores; Credit Agricole; Diageo; Fortis; IFG; J. Crew; National Bank of Canada; Novell; Royal Bank Of Canada; UTV Media
Meeting:"Simply Zesty" summer camp on the use of social media by businesses
Indicators:Eurozone Bloomberg retail PMI (Aug), M3 money supply (Jul) and private loan demand (Jul); Irish consumer confidence (Aug) and survey on income and living conditions housing module (2007); US jobless claims (w/e Aug 22) and real GDP (Q2); UK business investment (Q2) and CBI distributive trades survey (Aug); German consumer prices (Aug), HICP (Aug) and GfK consumer sentiment (Sept); Italian consumer confidence (Aug)
FRIDAY
Results:Bank of Nova Scotia; Carrefour; De Longhi; Iberia; Independent News Media; PartyGaming; Tiffany
Meeting:CC agm and trading statement (Westbury Hotel, D2); CFA Ireland presentation on hedging with real assets (Davenport Hotel)
Indicators:Eurozone (Aug) Business climate indicator, consumer confidence (Aug) and industry sentiment (Aug); Irish PermanentTSB/ESRI house prices (Jul); US real personal spending (Jul); UK GfK consumer confidence (Aug).
