Tuesday preview: MRP poll and China CPI in focus
The focus on Tuesday will be on the release of YouGov's closely-followed MRP poll of voting intentions at 2200 GMT, as investors try to anticipate the result of the next general election, on Thursday.
The previous MRP poll put Conservatives in the lead and on track to win a 68-seat majority.
Ahead of that, at 0930 GMT, the Office for National Statistics will publish GDP, industrial production and foreign trade data for October.
And overnight, China's National Bureau of Statistics will release consumer price data for November.
Across the Channel meanwhile, the spotlight will be on the release of the ZEW institute's economic confidence index for Germany, at 1000 GMT, followed an hour afterwards by the US NFIB's monthly gauge of small business confidence.
Tuesday December 10
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Begbies Traynor Group, Mind Gym, Photo-Me International
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Spire Healthcare Group
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INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION COM STK USD0.20 (CDI)
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
ZEW Survey (EU) - Economic Sentiment (10:00)
ZEW Survey (GER) - Current Situation (10:00)
ZEW Survey (GER) - Economic Sentiment (10:00)
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Ashtead Group
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Driver Group, Nexus Infrastructure , Oxford Biodynamics , RWS Holdings
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Judges Scientific
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Ashley House, Bellway, Upland Resources Limited NPV
UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
Balance of Trade (09:30)
Gross Domestic Product (09:30)
Index of Services (09:30)
Industrial Production (09:30)
Manufacturing Production (09:30)
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BlackRock Greater Europe Inv Trust