With the embattled euro hovering around its lows and doubts rising about the willingness of central banks to join in any further concerted intervention, a tough week lies ahead for the currency. Everything points against traders having any reason to buy the euro. In those circumstances, it could well test new lows at some point in the coming days.
MONDAY
Results: Ameren (Q3), American Electric (Q3), Armstrong Holdings (Q3), Ashland (Q3), Atlas Copco (Q3), WR Grace (Q3), Jetcam Group (H1), Kimberly-Clark (Q3), Lexmark (Q3), Merck & Co (Q3), Minnesota Mining (Q3), Rohm & Haas (Q3), Safeco (Q3), Sanima (Q3), Sonera (Q3), Southern Company (Q3), WPP (Q3).
A.G.M.: Grosvenor Land Holdings, Provalis (e.g.m.), Tiscali (e.g.m.).
Meetings: Conference on housing in Ireland and Britain (Portmarnock Hotel, Dublin); Third China-EU summit (Beijing); EU agriculture ministers (Brussels).
Indicators: EMU industrial production (Aug) and labour cost index (Q2); German producer prices (Sep); US treasury statement (Sep).
Others: OM Gruppen extended offer to LSE shareholders ends.
TUESDAY
Results: Audi (Q3), Aflac (Q3), Avery-Dennison (Q3), Ball Corp (Q3), Barr Labs (Q3), Cardinal Health (Q3), Carolina Power & Light (Q3), Centex Construction (Q3), Chevron (Q3), Clariant (Q3), Colgate-Palmolive (Q3), Dial (Q3), Goodyear Tire & Rubber (Q3), Halliburton (Q3), Handelsbanken (Q3), Hershey Foods (Q3), Inter Alliance Group (H1), Jazz FM, Jyske Bank (Q3), Lincoln National (Q3), LSI Logic (Q3), Logitech (H1), Lucent Tech- nologies (Q3), McKesson HBOC (Q3), MeritaNordbank (Q3), Nicor (Q3), Omnicom (Q3), Pharmacia (Q3), Schering Plough (Q3), Sigma-Aldrich (Q3), Texaco (Q3), Transocean Sedco Forex (Q3), Westbury (H1), Xerox (Q3).
A.G.M.: Pacific Horizon, Regent Inns, Rutland Trust (e.g.m.).
Meetings: Seminar on the Irish and Zambian experiences of economic growth (Marino Institute, Dublin); G20 finance ministers and central bankers meet (Montreal to Wed).
Indicators: Irish total external trade (Jul); German consumer prices (Oct); French consumer prices (Sep); British non-EU trade (Sep); Japanese retail sales (Sep).
WEDNESDAY
Results: ABB (Q3), Aberforth Split (H1), Akzo Nobel (Q3), Astra Zeneca (Q3), DTE Energy (Q3), High-Point Rendel, Hilton Hotels (Q3), Icon Medialab (Q3), Indigovision Group, Lipro (Q3), Michelin (Q3), Reflec (H1), Saab (Q3), Sara Lee (Q3), Schneider (Q3), Unocal (Q3), Viacom (Q3), Volvo (Q3), Zen Research (Q3).
A.G.M.: Fleming Overseas, Murray Income Trust.
Meetings: Baltimore Technologies chief executive Mr Fran Rooney addresses Institute of Directors lunch (Davenport Hotel, Dublin); Seminar by Harvard Business School's Prof Michael E Porter (UCC); EuroFinance Ninth International Cash and Treasury Management conference (RDS, Dublin to Fri); EU education ministers (Brussels).
Indicators: Irish quarterly national accounts (Q1); US existing home sales (Sep).
Others: North South Textiles Awards evening (Dublin Castle).
THURSDAY
Results: AES (Q3), Century Tel (Q3), Chloride Group (H1), Cinergy (Q3), Dow Chemical (Q3), HypoVereinsbank (Q3), Pilkington (H1), Reebok (Q3), T Rowe Price (Q3), WH Smith.
A.G.M.: Beazer Homes.
Meetings: ICL e-business breakfast on stress (Conrad Hotel, Dublin); Conference on new issues in the telecoms sector 2002-2010 (Great Southern Hotel, Dublin Airport); Irish Life & Permanent chief executive Mr David Went addresses IAPF annual lunch (Jurys Hotel, Cork).
Indicators: US employment cost index (Q3) and building permits (Sep); Japanese consumer prices (Sep).
Others: Marketer of the Year 2000 (The Clarence Hotel, Dublin); Euro Changeover Board publishes second annual report.
FRIDAY
Results: Channelfly.com, Electrolux (Q3), Hitachi Credit (H1), Kone (Q3), MoDo (Q3), Renault (Q3), Tele Danmark (Q3).
A.G.M.: Galliford, Linx Printing Technology, Lycos (e.g.m.).
Indicators: EMU current account (Q2); Irish retail sales (Aug); US durable goods (Sep), Michigan Sentiment survey (Oct) and GDP (Q3).
