Market moving info – week starting Jan. 26, 2015

Here’s a summary of last week’s market moving news and a look ahead to the data, events and earnings reports that are likely to move the markets in the week starting Jan. 26.

Last week:

This week:

Monday, Jan. 26

Europe:

  • Results of parliamentary elections in Greece.
  • Eurogroup meeting.
  • Germany IFO business climate and expectations for January
  • Spanish producer prices for December.
  • Netherlands producer confidence for January.
  • Turkey industrial confidence, capacity utilisation for January.
  • Czech Republic consumer, business confidence.

US:

  • Dallas Fed manufacturing index for January.

Rest of the world:

  • Japan trade balance for December.
  • Bank of Japan December policy meeting minutes.
  • Australia – holiday, markets closed.
  • Mexico November retail sales.
  • India – holiday, markets closed.

Corporate events:

  • Q3 2014 Londonmetric Property PLC Interim Management Statement Release.
  • AVEVA Group PLC Interim Management Statement Release.
  • Q4 2014 April SA Corporate Sales Release.
  • Q4 2014 Next Radio TV SA Corporate Sales Release.
  • Q1 2015 D.R. Horton Inc Earnings Release.
  • Q4 2014 Sun Bancorp Inc Earnings Release.
  • Q4 2014 Citizens Financial Group Inc Earnings Release.
  • Q2 2015 Microsoft Corp Earnings Release.
  • Q4 2014 Texas Instruments Inc Earnings Release.

Tuesday, Jan. 27

Europe:

  • France total jobseekers for December.
  • Spanish mortgages for November.
  • Greece current account for November.
  • UK fourth-quarter GDP.
  • UK November services index.
  • Sweden producer prices, trade balance for December.
  • Polish annual GDP.
  • Polish unemployment, retail sales for December.
  • Hungary interest rate announcement.
  • Romania private sector credit for December.

US:

  • Durable goods orders for December.
  • S&P/Case-Shiller home price index for the fourth quarter.
  • Conference Board consumer confidence for January.
  • Richmond Fed manufacturing index for January.

Rest of the world:

  • Japan small business confidence for January.
  • China industrial profits for December.
  • Brazil personal loan default rate for December.
  • Mexico trade balance for December.
  • Hong Kong trade balance for December.
  • Bank of Canada Senior Deputy Governor Carolyn Wilkins speaks.

Corporate events:

  • Foxtons Group PLC Trading Statement Release.
  • Q1 2015 Britvic PLC Interim Management Statement Release.
  • Q1 2015 easyJet PLC Interim Management Statement Release.
  • Q3 2014/2015 British Land Company PLC Interim Management Statement Release.
  • Preliminary 2014 Comdirect Bank AG Earnings Release.
  • Preliminary 2014 Sartorius AG Earnings Release.
  • Q4 2014 Caterpillar Inc. Earnings Release.
  • Q4 2014 S&T Bancorp Inc Earnings Release.
  • Q4 2014 American Airlines Group Inc Earnings Release.
  • Q2 2015 Coach Inc Earnings Release.
  • Q4 2014 Pfizer Inc Earnings Release.
  • Q4 2014 Freeport-McMoRan Inc Earnings Release.
  • Q4 2014 Lockheed Martin Corp Earnings Release.
  • Q2 2015 Procter & Gamble Co Earnings Release.
  • Q4 2014 United Technologies Corp Earnings Release.
  • Q4 2014 Bristol-Myers Squibb Co Earnings Release.
  • Q4 2014 Freescale Semiconductor Ltd Earnings Release.
  • Q3 2015 Electronic Arts Inc Earnings Release.
  • Q1 2015 Apple Inc Earnings Release.
  • Q4 2014 Yahoo! Inc Earnings Release.
  • Q4 2014 AT&T Inc Earnings Release.

Wednesday, Jan.28

Europe:

  • Germany GfK consumer confidence survey for February.
  • France consumer confidence for January.
  • Norway unemployment for November.
  • Swedish central bank board meeting.
  • Swiss UBS consumption indicator for December.
  • Russia real wages, retail sales, unemployment, disposable income for December.
  • Hungary unemployment for December.

US

  • Weekly mortgage applications data from the Mortgage Bankers Association.
  • Weekly crude inventories.
  • Federal Reserve interest rate decision.

Rest of the world:

  • Japan retail trade for December.
  • Australia fourth quarter inflation.
  • New Zealand interest rate decision.
  • Brazil federal public debt.

Corporate events:

  • Q4 2014 Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV Earnings Release.
  • Brewin Dolphin Holdings PLC Interim Management Statement Release.
  • Intermediate Capital Group PLC Interim Management Statement Release.
  • Q4 and Full Year 2014 Software AG Earnings Release.
  • Q4 2014 Gameloft SE Corporate Sales Release.
  • Q3 2015 Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp Earnings Release.
  • Q4 2014 Boeing Co Earnings Release.
  • Q4 2014 Union Bankshares Corp Earnings Release.
  • Q4 2014 Facebook Inc Earnings Release.

Thursday, Jan. 29

Europe:

  • Eurozone money supply for December.
  • Eurozone business climate, confidence for January.
  • Germany unemployment rate for January.
  • Germany January consumer price inflation (preliminary).
  • Italy hourly wages for December.
  • Italy business, consumer confidence for January.
  • Spain retail sales for December.
  • UK CBI reported sales for January.
  • Belgium consumer price inflation for January.

US:

  • Weekly natural gas inventories.
  • Weekly jobless claims.
  • Pending home sales for December.

Rest of the world:

  • Japan unemployment for December.
  • Japan household spending for November.
  • Japan consumer price inflation for November.
  • South Africa interest rate decision.
  • Brazil monetary policy meeting minutes.
  • Brazil unemployment rate for December.
  • Mexico interest rate decision.
  • South Korea industrial production for December.
  • Philippines fourth-quarter GDP.

Corporate events:

  • Q1 2015 Infineon Technologies AG Earnings Release.
  • Preliminary 2014 Deutsche Bank Earnings Release.
  • Half Year 2014/2015 Diageo PLC Earnings Release.
  • Half Year 2014/2015 Renishaw PLC Earnings Release.
  • Q3 2014 RPC Group PLC Interim Management Statement Release.
  • Q4 2014 Ford Motor Co Earnings Release.
  • January 2015 Rite Aid Corp Corporate Sales Release.
  • Q4 2014 Invesco Ltd Earnings Release.
  • Q4 2014 Ally Financial Inc Earnings Release.
  • Q4 2014 Blackstone Group LP Earnings Release.
  • Q4 2014 ConocoPhillips Earnings Release.
  • Q4 2014 Hershey Co Earnings Release.
  • Q4 2014 Time Warner Cable Inc Earnings Release.
  • Q4 2014 Occidental Petroleum Corp Earnings Release.
  • Q4 2014 Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd Earnings Release.
  • Q4 2014 PulteGroup Inc Earnings Release.
  • Q4 2014 State Bank Financial Corp Earnings Release.
  • Q4 2014 Northrop Grumman Corp Earnings Release.
  • Q4 2014 Harley-Davidson Inc Earnings Release.
  • Q4 2014 Abbott Laboratories Earnings Release.
  • Q4 2014 NASDAQ OMX Group Inc Earnings Release.
  • Q4 2014 The Dow Chemical Company Earnings Release.
  • Q1 2015 Visa Inc Earnings Release.
  • Q4 2014 Google Inc Earnings Release.
  • Q4 2014 Amazon.com Inc Earnings Release.

Friday, Jan. 30

Europe

  • Eurozone consumer price inflation estimate for December.
  • Eurozone unemployment rate for December.
  • French household spending for December.
  • French producer price inflation for December.
  • Italy unemployment rate for December.
  • Italy producer price inflation for December.
  • Spain fourth-quarter GDP.
  • Spain January consumer price inflation (preliminary).
  • Spain current account data for November.
  • Belgium unemployment rate for December.
  • Belgium fourth-quarter GDP.
  • Greece retail sales for November.
  • UK GfK consumer confidence survey for January.
  • UK money supply for December.
  • UK mortgage approvals for December.
  • UK lending secured on dwellings for December.
  • UK net consumer credit for November.
  • Russia central bank interest rate announcement.
  • Turkey trade balance data for December.

US

  • Fourth-quarter GDP.
  • Chicago PMI for January.

Rest of the world:

  • Australia private sector credit for December.
  • South Africa trade, budget balances for December.
  • Brazil primary budget balance, consumer confidence for December.
  • India fiscal deficit for December.
  • India fourth-quarter GDP.
  • Taiwan fourth-quarter GDP.

Corporate events:

  • BT earnings release.
  • Chevron earnings release.
  • MasterCard earnings release.
  • AbbVie earnings release.
  • Xerox earnings release.

@AntoniaOprita