Thursday preview: US inflation data, OPEC meeting in focus

All eyes on Thursday will be on the release of the Federal Reserve's preferred inflation gauge.

3rd Joint IEA-IEF-OPEC Technical Meeting

Source: Sharecast

Consensus is that at 1330 GMT the U.S. Department of Commerce will report that the year-on-year rate of increase in the price deflator for personal consumption expenditures fell from 3.4% for September to 3.1% in October.

Also due out in the States are weekly jobless claims figures at 1330 GMT, the Chicago PMI at 1445 GMT and pending home sales data at 1500 GMT.

Against that backdrop, representatives from the Organisation for Petroleum Exporting Countries and its main exporting allies, which combined are known as OPEC+, will meet to announce their latest production agreement for the beginning of 2024.

Investors will also be waiting on a preliminary reading for euro area consumer prices due out at 1000 GMT.

And overnight, China's National Bureau of Statistics would publish its Purchasing Managers' Indices for the country's manufacturing and services sectors.

Thursday 30 November

INTERIMS

Carclo, Dr. Martens , Foresight Group Holdings Limited NPV, LXI Reit , LXI Reit , SRT Marine Systems, Zoo Digital Group

INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE

BAE Systems, LLoyds Banking Group 9.25% Non-Cum Irredeemable Pref Shares, LLoyds Banking Group 9.75% Non-Cum Irredeemable Pref Shares

INTERIM EX-DIVIDEND DATE

3i Group, Caledonia Investments, Calnex Solutions , FIH Group , FirstGroup, Fuller Smith and Turner 6% 1st Cumulative Preference 1, Fuller Smith and Turner 8% 2nd Cumulative Preference 1, Helical, Hill and Smith, Investec Non-Red Non-Cum Non-Part Prf Shs, James Halstead 5.5% Cumulative Preference 1, Johnson Matthey, Livermore Investments Group Ltd., Marks Electrical Group, Michelmersh Brick Holdings, Norcros, Octopus Titan VCT , Oxford Instruments, Record, Renold 6% Cum. Prfd., Severn Trent, Tavistock Investments, Telecom Plus, Volex

QUARTERLY PAYMENT DATE

Balanced Commercial Property Trust Limited , City of London Inv Trust, Custodian Property Income Reit, Picton Property Income Ltd

QUARTERLY EX-DIVIDEND DATE

Diversified Energy Company , Downing Renewables & Infrastructure Trust, Pollen Street, Premier Miton Global Renewables Trust, RM Infrastructure Income

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

Chicago PMI (US) (14:45)

Continuing Claims (US) (13:30)

Import Price Index (GER) (07:00)

Initial Jobless Claims (US) (13:30)

Pending Homes Sales (US) (15:00)

Personal Consumption Expenditures (US) (13:30)

Personal Income (US) (13:30)

Personal Spending (US) (13:30)

Retail Sales (GER) (07:00)

Unemployment Rate (EU) (10:00)

Unemployment Rate (GER) (08:55)

Q3

Burning Rock Biotech Limited Ads (Each Repr 1 Class A Ord Usd0.0002)

FINALS

Auction Technology Group , Genedrive

SPECIAL EX-DIVIDEND DATE

AVI Global Trust

EGMS

Hellenic Telecom Industries SA ADS, Roebuck Food Group Public Limited Company (CDI), SDIC Power Holdings Co.,Ltd GDR (Reg S)

AGMS

Amur Minerals Corporation , Atlantic Lithium Limited NPV (DI), Europa Metals Ltd NPV (DI), Gabelli Merger Plus+ Trust, Genedrive , Kingswood Holdings Limited, Mc Mining Limited, MGC Pharmaceuticals Limited NPV (DI), NCC Group, New Star Investment Trust, One Heritage Group , Ovoca Bio (CDI), Revolution Bars Group, Ruffer Investment Company Ltd Red PTG Pref Shares

TRADING ANNOUNCEMENTS

Me Group International

FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE

Abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust, Coral Products, Diverse Income Trust (The), Fonix Mobile , Pacific Horizon Inv Trust, PZ Cussons

FINAL EX-DIVIDEND DATE

Antofagasta 5% Cum Prf, AVI Global Trust , Aviva 8 3/4% Cumulative Irrd Preference 1, Bellway, Croma Security Solutions Group, DFS Furniture, Ecclesiastical Insurance 8.625% Non-Cum Irr Pref Shares, Fidelity Special Values, General Accident 'A', Natwest Group 11% Cum Non-Red Prf Gbp1 , Natwest Group 5.5% Cum Non-Red Prf Gbp1, Pan African Resources, Rotork 9.5% Cum Prf. #1, Scottish Oriental Smaller Companies Trust, YouGov

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