Monday 28 April
- Nationwide UK house price index
- Canadian general election
- In Japan, quarterly results from Hitachi, NEC, Komatsu, TDK and Kikkoman
- In Europe, quarterly results from Schneider Electric, Puig, Viscofan and Vivendi
- In the US, quarterly results from Waste Management, NXP Semiconductors, Nucor, Domino’s Pizza, F5, Teradyne, Rambus and Amkor
Tuesday 29 April
- Full-year results from Warpaint London and Animalcare
- First-half results from Associated British Foods
- Quarterly earnings or trading updates from AstraZeneca, BP, Coca-Cola Europacific Partners, Beazley, Entain, Howden Joinery, Travis Perkins and Canal+
- BRC UK Shop price index
- German inflation
- US Case-Shiller house price index
- US Conference Board consumer confidence
- In Asia, quarterly results from Agricultural Bank of China, Bank of China, China Construction Bank, CNOOC, Air China and Cosco Shipping
- In Europe, quarterly results from Novartis, Atlas Copco, BBVA, Universal Music, Porsche, Adidas, CapGemini, Deutsche Bank, ASM International, Carlsberg, Norsk Hydro, Logitech, Lufthansa, SIG, Volvo Car, SSAB, Clariant and HelloFresh
- In the US, quarterly results from Visa, Coca-Cola, Pfizer, Honeywell, Spotify, UPS, Starbuck’s, Altria, Mondelez, PayPal, General Motors, Hilton Worldwide, Royal Caribbean, Kraft Heinz, CoStar, Entegris, Seagate, Snap Inc, SoFi Technologies, Caesars Entertainment and Qorvo
- HSBC first-quarter results
HSBC releases its Q1 results on Tuesday. The bank’s shares approached an all-time high in March before Donald Trump’s tariff announcements on 2 April.
AJ Bell investment director Russ Mould, head of financial analysis Danni Hewson, and investment analyst Dan Coatsworth said: “They have fallen by around a sixth since then, so it will be interesting to see if chief executive Georges Elhedery is as upbeat now as he was at the time of the 2024 full-year results in February.
“Back then, Mr Elhedery and the board felt confident enough to sanction an increased dividend, a new $2 billion share buyback and raise targets for return on equity in 2026 and 2027.
“The bank’s Asia operations generated three quarters of group pre-tax profit last year so analysts and investors will look for comment on the outlook here in particular. Other group-wide trends that will feed into headline profits include loan and deposit growth, and net interest margins, which were 1.63% in the same period a year ago.”
Wednesday 30 April
- Full-year results from Sanderson Design
- First-half results from Aston Martin Lagonda
- Quarterly results or trading updates from Glencore, Barclays, GSK, Prudential, Next, Haleon, SEGRO, Coca-Cola HBC, Smith & Nephew, Taylor Wimpey, Spectris and OSB
- Purchasing managers indices for manufacturing and service industries from China
- US ADP monthly payrolls
- US Personal Consumption Expenditure (PCE) index
- US pending homes sales
- US Q1 GDP growth
- US oil inventories
- In Australia, quarterly results from Coles
- In Japan, quarterly results from Tokyo Electron
- In Asia, quarterly results from Samsung Electronics, AIA, Foxconn, SAIC Motor and Prada
- In Europe, quarterly results from Airbus, TotalEnergies, UBS, Iberdrola, Banco Santander, Equinor, Mercedes Benz, Volkswagen, DHL, Caixabank, Credit Agricole, Schindler, Stellantis, Société Générale, Sandoz, Repsol, Kingspan, Subsea 7, Air France-KLM and Rémy Cointreau
- In the US, quarterly results from Microsoft, Meta Platforms, Qualcomm, Caterpillar, KLA, Yum! Brands, Hess, Robinhood, Prudential Financial, Humana. eBay, GE Healthcare, MGM Resorts, Bausch & Lomb and Norwegian Cruise Line
Thursday 1 May
- Full-year results from Whitbread
- First-half results from Tracsis
- Quarterly results or trading updates from London Stock Exchange, Lloyds Banking, Endeavour Mining, Persimmon, Lancashire and Morgan Sindall
- UK purchasing managers’ index (PMI) for manufacturing
- UK mortgage approvals
- US purchasing managers’ index (PMI) for manufacturing
- US Challenger, Gray & Christmas job cuts survey
- US car sales
- US weekly initial unemployment claims
- In Asia, quarterly results from Adani Enterprises and Budweiser Brewing APAC
- In the US, quarterly results from Apple, Amazon, Eli Lilly, Mastercard, McDonald’s, Linde, Amgen, Stryker, CVS Health, KKR, Thomson Reuters, Airbnb, AIG, Roblox, Estee Lauder, Hershey, Live National, Kellanova, Ingersoll Rand, Smurfit Westrock, Cameco, Baxter, Juniper Networks, Moderna, US Steel and Harley-Davidson
- Apple second-quarter results
Apple will release its results for Q2 on Thursday. Despite an apparent exemption to tariffs, the firm’s shares are down by more than a fifth since December.
“Apple CEO Tim Cook and CFO Kevan Parekh did not give much by way of guidance alongside the first quarter results, and analysts are unsure of which way to turn, as the last sixty days show three upgrades and three downgrades to estimates,” said AJ Bell investment director Russ Mould, head of financial analysis Danni Hewson, and investment analyst Dan Coatsworth.
“For the moment, the headline consensus forecasts are: Sales of $93.6bn and earnings per share of $1.60, up 3% and 5% respectively from a year ago, for the second quarter, and in case there is any guidance for the third period, sales of $88.7bn and EPS of $1.43, up 3% and 2% year-on-year, respectively.”
Friday 2 May
- Quarterly results or trading updates from Pearson, NatWest and Standard Chartered
- EU purchasing managers’ index (PMI) for manufacturing
- US non-farm payrolls, unemployment rate and wage growth
- In Japan, quarterly results from Fast Retailing, Mitsubishi and Japan Airlines
- In Europe, quarterly results from ING, BASF, Danske Bank, Arcelor Mittal, Bank of Ireland and Aalberts
- In the US, quarterly results from ExxonMobil, Chevron, Cigna and Wendy’s
- Shell first-quarter results
Saturday 3 May
- Australian general election