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TODAY Results: Kuehne + Nagel; Omnicom. Meetings: RIAI annual conference (RDS, Dublin). Indicators: Irish trade balance (Aug); Chinese trade balance (Sept). TOMORROW (Budget Day) Results: Bellway; Citigroup; Domino's Pizza; Intel; Johnson & Johnson; JPMorgan Chase; Wells Fargo. Meetings: Industry Research & Development Group annual conference (Leopardstown racecourse, Dublin). Indicators: UK consumer price index (Sep); euro zone ZEW survey – economic sentiment (Oct); German ZEW survey – economic sentiment (Oct); euro zone industrial production (Aug). Other: Dragon Oil interim management statement; Bank of Japan outlook report. WEDNESDAY Results: American Express; eBay; Netflix. Meetings: One Young World Summit (Convention Centre Dublin); Food Works seminar (Radisson Hotel, Athlone). Indicators: US retail sales (Sept); Chinese consumer price index (Sept); Japanese industrial production (Aug); German consumer price index (Sept); UK claimant count change (Sept). THURSDAY Results: Delta Air Lines; Goldman Sachs; Google; WH Smith. Meetings: One Young World Summit (Convention Centre Dublin). Indicators: euro zone consumer price index (Sept); euro zone trade balance (Aug); US initial jobless claims (Oct 10th); Chinese foreign direct investment (Sept). Other: Diageo interim management statement; Mondi interim management statement.

FRIDAY Results: Bank of New York Mellon; General Electric; Honeywell International; Morgan Stanley; Provident Financial. Meetings: Ovoca Gold AGM and EGM (Buswells Hotel, Dublin); One Young World summit (Convention Centre Dublin). Indicators: euro zone gross domestic product (Q2); US Reuters/Michigan consumer sentiment index (Oct); US housing starts (Sept). Other: Travis Perkins interim management statement.