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European trade balance: June figures out on Friday. photograph: tony gentile/reuters
European trade balance: June figures out on Friday. photograph: tony gentile/reuters

TODAY
Results: American Apparel; Prudential.
Indicators: Ulster Bank Construction PMI (Jul); US Monthly Budget Statement (Jul); Japanese Industrial Production (Jun).
Other: BoJ Monetary Policy Meeting Minutes; UPC Horizon launch.

TOMORROW
Results: Geberit; E.ON.
Indicators: European Industrial Production (Jun); US Retail Sales (Jul); German Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (Jul); UK Consumer Price Index (Jul).

WEDNESDAY
Results: Cisco; Salzgitter; ThyssenKrupp.
Indicators: European Consumer Price Index (Jul), European Gross Domestic Product (Q2); German Gross Domestic Product (Q2); UK Claimant Count Change (Jul).
Other: Bank of England Minutes.


THURSDAY
Results: SIG; Holcim; Zurich Life Ireland; Zurich Insurance Group.
Indicators: US Consumer Price Index (Jul), US Initial Jobless Claims; UK Retail Sales (Jul).
Other: Springboard information session (DCU Ryan Academy, Dublin).

FRIDAY
Indicators: European Trade Balance (Jun); US Housing Starts (Jul), US Reuters/Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index (Aug).