For your diary

TODAY
Results: American Airlines; Suedzucker.
Indicators: Ulster Bank construction PMI (Dec); Japanese bank lending (Dec).
Other: US monthly budget statement (Dec).

TOMORROW
Results: JPMorgan Chase.
Meetings: National Payments Plan (NPP) seminar (DCU Ryan Academy, Citywest, Dublin 24); Seminar on innovation and European competition policy (ESRI, Sir John Rogerson's Quay, Dublin 2).
Indicators: Morgan McKinley Irish employment monitor (Dec); Euro zone industrial production (Nov); US retail sales (Dec); UK consumer price index (Dec).
Other: Dragon Oil trading statement; Barratt Developments trading update.
WEDNESDAY
Results: Bank of America.
Meetings: Cork Chamber networking master class (Clarion Hotel, Cork).
Indicators: Irish trade statistics (Oct); Euro zone trade balance; Chinese foreign direct investment (Dec).
Other: Tullow Oil trading statement; Taylor Wimpey trading statement.

THURSDAY
Results: Bang & Olufsen; Citigroup; Goldman Sachs; Intel.
Meetings: Maximising digital creativity, sharing and innovation event (National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin 2).
Indicators: Irish goods exports and imports (Nov), Irish consumer price Index (Dec); Euro zone consumer price index (Dec); German harmonised index of consumer prices (Dec); US consumer price index (Dec); Japanese industrial production (Nov).
Other: ECB monthly report; C&C interim management statement; Associated British Foods interim management statement; Premier Oil trading statement.

FRIDAY
Results: General Electric; Morgan Stanley.
Indicators: Irish government finance statistics (Q3); US housing starts (Dec); UK retail sales (Dec); Japanese consumer confidence index (Dec).