Date: Wednesday 21 Mar 2007
LONDON (ShareCast) - Funeral services group Dignity was upbeat about prospects at the nine month stage reporting operating profit up by 5.4% to £33.3m (2005: £31.6m). Brokers are expecting a similar sort of increase for the full year.
M&C Saatchi is due to release final figures Thursday. In December, the advertising agency said it expects profits for the 12 months to 31 December to be ahead of its previous expectations.
INTERIMS
Bulgarian Property Developments
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
Industrial New Orders (EUR) (10:00)
Initial Jobless Claims (US) (12:30)
Leading Indicators (US) (12:30)
FINALS
Alliance Pharma, Burst Media, Churchill China, Dignity, EG Solutions, European Goldfields Limited, Hikma Pharmaceuticals, M&C Saatchi, Motivcom, Next, Premier Oil, RAB Capital, Songbird Estates, Styles & Wood, Tikit, Universe Group
EGMs
Banco Chile Adr, Park Group
AGMs
Banco Chile Adr, Beale, Brunner Investment Trust, Chrysalis VCT, Commoditrade, Corvus Capital, Merril Lynch World Mining Trust
UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
CBI Industrial Trends (09:30)
Retail Sales (09:30)
FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
Orpak Systems
FINAL EX-DIVIDEND DATE
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