Thursday December 3

France: Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) Services - November final
Germany: PMI Services - November final
UK: PMI services - November
EMU: PMI services - November final
EMU: Retail sales - October
EMU: Gross domestic product (GDP) - 2nd release
EMU: European Central Bank (ECB) rate announcement
US: Non-farm productivity - Q3 final
US: Initial jobless claims - week of November 28
US: Institute of Supply Management (ISM) non-manufacturing - November

Results:
Ashtead Group PLC - Q2
British Airways PLC - Traffic
Findel PLC - H1
Halma PLC - H1
Kingfisher PLC - Q3 Trading
Marstons PLC - Preliminary
Marshalls PLC - Meeting

Friday December 4

EU ministers to discuss GM Europe restructuring plan for Opel and Vauxhall

Kraft has until Monday (December 7) to send an offer document to Cadbury, after which Cadbury must produce a defence document within 14 days

Switzerland: Consumer Prices Index (CPI) - October
Canada: Unemployment rate - November
US: Non-farm payrolls - November
US: Factory orders - October
Canada: IVEY PMI - November

Results:
Associated British Foods PLC - AGM
Berkeley Group Holdings (The) PLC - H1
Bellway PLC - Trading
Ceres Power Holdings PLC - AGM
easyJet PLC - Traffic
Minerva PLC - AGM
SThree PLC - Trading
Innovation Group (The) PLC - Preliminary

Monday December 7

Germany: Factory orders - October
Canada: Building Permits - October
US: Consumer credit - October
Japan: Current account - October
Japan: M3 - November
UK: Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) house price balance - November (for Tuesday December 8)

United Nations Climate Change Conference, Copenhagen (to December 18)

The Future of Finance Initiative - Wall Street Journal (WSJ) Conference. Damon Buffini, Alistair Darling, Bob Diamond, Richard Gnodde, Anshu Jain, Peter Sands, George Soros, Michael Spencer, Paul Volcker (to December 8) www.futurefinance.wsj.com

Results:
BRC-KPMG Retail Sales Monitor - November
Fidelity Asian Values PLC - AGM
IS Pharma - H1
Lavendon Group PLC - EGM
Schroder Income Growth Fund PLC - AGM
Wichford PLC - Preliminary

Tuesday December 8

Japan: Leading indicators - October preliminary
UK: Industrial production - October
UK: CBI Industrial Trends (brought forward a day to avoid Pre-Budget Report (PBR)
Germany: Industrial production - October
Canada: Housing starts - November
Canada: Bank of Canada (BoC) rate announcement
US: IBD/TIPP index economic optimism
Japan: GDP -Q3 final
UK: Nationwide consumer confidence
(for Wednesday December 9)

Results:
Baillie Gifford Japan Trust (The) PLC - AGM
Domino Printing Sciences PLC - Preliminary
GAME Group (The) PLC - Trading
Southern Cross Healthcare Group PLC - Preliminary
Tesco PLC - Trading

Wednesday December 9

Germany: Trade balance - October
Germany: Consumer Prices Index (CPI) - November final
France: Trade balance - October
UK: British Retail Consortium Shop Price Index - November
UK: Pre-Budget Report
US: Wholesale inventories - October
New Zealand: Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) rate announcements
Japan: Machine orders - October
Japan: Corporate goods prices - November

Results:
Air Partner PLC - AGM
IG Group Holdings PLC - Trading
Imagination Technologies Group PLC - H1
Impax Asset Management Group - Preliminary
IRP Property Investments LTD - AGM
Micro Focus International PLC - H1
Photo-Me International PLC - H1
PZ Cussons PLC - Trading
Stagecoach Group PLC - H1
Schroder Oriental Income Fund Ltd - AGM
Standard Chartered PLC - Trading

Thursday December 10

France: Industrial production - October
Switzerland: Swiss National Bank (SNB) rate announcement
Sweden: Consumer Prices Index (CPI) - November
EMU: European Central Bank (ECB) monthly report - December
Norway: CPI - November
UK: Bank of England (BoE) Rate Announcement
US: Intial jobless claims
US: Trade balance - October
US: Monthly budget statement - November

Results:
Centaur Media PLC - AGM
Consort Medical PLC - H1
EAGA PLC - Trading
Foreign & Colonial Eurotrust PLC - Preliminary
Premier Farnell PLC - Q3
Smith (DS) PLC - H1
Sports Direct International - H1
Tottenham Hotspur PLC - AGM

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