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Friday preview: Winerflood in focus at Close Brothers
Thu, 19 Jan 2012, 16:30:00
Close Brothers
, the banking, securities and asset management firm, issues a trading update on Friday, and followers of the company will be keen to see whether fortunes have picked up for its Securities division. During the quarter from 1 August 2011 to 31 October the group continued to see good demand for its lending services and delivered another strong performance, but the Securities division was hit by difficult market conditions, with income per bargain at stockbroker Winterflood substantially lower, reflecting significant volatility and a change in mix driven by lower risk appetite amongst retail investors. The first three weeks of the new year have seen a torrent of updates from retailers, so tomorrow's UK
retail sales data
should not contain too many surprises. Consensus is for sales in December to have grown 0.6% after falling 0.4% in November. INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE Acal, British Smaller Companies VCT, Cranswick, London & Associated Properties, MS International QUARTERLY PAYMENT DATE Personal Assets Trust INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS Existing Home Sales (US) (15:00) Producer Price Index (GER) (07:00) GMS Nighthawk Energy EGMS Air China Ltd. AGMS Advanced Power Components, LED International Holdings Ltd (DI) TRADING ANNOUNCEMENTS Close Brothers Group, Kentz Corporation Ltd., X5 Retail Group NV GDR (Reg S) UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS Internet Retail Sales (09:30) Retail Sales (09:30) Trends in Lending (09:30) FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE Carr's Milling Industries, Starvest
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