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A look at what is happening this week

MONDAY

Results: Citigroup.

Indicators: US retail sales (Sep); Chinese Consumer Price Index (Sep); Japanese industrial production (Aug).

TUESDAY

Results: Coca-Cola.

Indicators: EMU Consumer Price Index (Sep); Irish agricultural price indices (Aug); US industrial production (Sep); UK Consumer Price Index (Sep); German ZEW Survey - economic sentiment (Oct).

Others: Fed Lacker speech.

WEDNESDAY

Results: Abbott Laboratories.

Meetings: Diageo agm, European Council meeting.

Indicators: US housing starts (Sep), US MBA mortgage applications (Oct 12); UK Bank of England minutes.

Others: Dublin Web Summit, US presidential debate, Diageo interim management statement.

THURSDAY

Results: Boston Scientific, Flextronics, Google.

Meetings: EU extraordinary summit.

Indicators: US initial jobless claims (Oct 13), US continuing jobless claims (Oct 6); UK retail sales (Sep); Chinese GDP (Q3).

Others: Ladbrokes interim management statement.

FRIDAY

Results: General Electric.

Meetings: EU extraordinary summit.

Indicators: Irish Wholesale Price Index (Sep); US existing home bales (Sep); UK public sector net Borrowing (Sep); German Producer Price Index (Sep).

Others: William Hill interim management statement.