For your diary

Some dates for your diary

TODAY

Results: Alcoa

Meetings: European Council meeting

Indicators: EMU Sentix Investor Confidence (Jul); Irish Construction PMI (Jun) and Bord Gáis Energy Index (Jun); US Consumer Credit Change (May); UK BRC Retail Sales Monitor (Jun) and RICS Housing Price Balance (Jun); German Current Account (May), Trade Balance (May), Exports (May) and Imports (May); Chinese CPI (Jun)

Others: Bovis Homes trading update; ECB president Mario Draghi (right) to comment on current economic and monetary developments and explain the ECB’s policy stance

TUESDAY

Results: Abbey

Meetings: EcoFin meeting

Indicators: Irish Morgan McKinley Employment Monitor (Jun); US IBD/TIPP Economic Optimism (Jul); UK Industrial Production (May), Industrial Production (May), NIESR GDP Estimate (Jun) and Trade Balance – non-EU (May); OECD Employment Outlook 2012

WEDNESDAY

Results: Schwab

Meetings: Fully Charged 2012 – International Electronic Vehicle Summit (Convention Centre Dublin)

Indicators: Irish Annual Services Inquiry (2010) and Vital Statistics Fourth Quarter and Yearly Summary (2011); US Trade Balance (May), FOMC minutes, MBA Mortgage Applications (Jul 6th) and Wholesale Inventories (May); German 10-year Bond Auction, Consumer Price Index (Jun) and Wholesale Price Index (Jun); OECD Harmonised unemployment rates

Others: Investing in Science 2012 competition (Guinness Storehouse); South East Business to announce Enterprise Village for Ploughing Championships

THURSDAY

Results: Trinity Biotech (Q2)

Indicators: EMU Industrial Production (May) and ECB Monthly Report; Irish CPI (Jun), National Income and Expenditure Annual Results (2011), Quarterly National Accounts (Q1), Balance of International Payments (Q1) and Quarterly International Investment Position and External Debt (Mar 31st); US Import and Export Price Indices (Jun) and Initial Jobless Claims (Jul 12th); UK 10-year Bond Auction

FRIDAY

Results: Google; HMV; JPMorgan

Indicators: Irish Trade Statistics (Apr), Goods Exports and Imports (May), and Central Bank Money Banking Statistics and Retail Interest Rate Statistics; US Reuters/Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index (Jul) and Producer Price Index (Jun); Chinese GDP (Q2)