LONDON (ShareCast) - (Sharecast News) - The market spotlight on Thursday will be on a raft of quarterly updates from several of Wall Street's largest firms by market value, including Apple, Boeing and Tesla.
A raft of economic data is also due out Stateside including a first reading for fourth quarter economic growth, weekly jobless claims figures and a reading for new home sales in December.

Across the Channel, the spotlight will be on euro area surveys from the European Commission for consumer and industrial confidence in January.

No major economic releases are scheduled in the UK.

On the domestic corporate front meanwhile, Airtel Africa is among the names scheduled to publish updates.

In particular, UBS analyst John Kim pointed out the near-term risk to the firm from the possible disconnection of subscribers in Nigeria on account national ID registrations.

According to Kim, disconnections of three months on average could subtract anywhere from -3% to -8% from the company's earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation for the 2022 financial year.

Thursday January 28

INTERIMS

Hansard Global, Joules Group, Rank Group

INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE

Hibernia Reit

INTERIM EX-DIVIDEND DATE

Brickability Group , City of London 4.2% Cum 1st Prf Stk, City of London Investment Trust 4.2% Non-Cum 2nd Prf Stk, City of London Investment Trust Preference Ord Stk 14% Non-Cumulative 1, DWF Group , Gabelli Value Plus Trust , Grafton Group Ut, IG Group Holdings, NB Private Equity Partners Ltd., Pembroke Vct B, Pennon Group, Solid State, Totally

QUARTERLY PAYMENT DATE

Law Debenture Corp.

QUARTERLY EX-DIVIDEND DATE

City of London Inv Trust, JPMorgan Claverhouse Inv Trust, SME Credit Realisation Fund Limited NPV, Tufton Oceanic Assets Limited NPV

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

Business Climate Indicator (EU) (10:00)

Consumer Confidence (EU) (10:00)

Continuing Claims (US) (13:30)

Economic Sentiment Indicator (EU) (10:00)

GDP (Preliminary) (US) (13:30)

Industrial Confidence (EU) (10:00)

Initial Jobless Claims (US) (13:30)

New Homes Sales (US) (15:00)

Services Sentiment (EU) (00:00)

Q3

Wizz Air Holdings

Q4

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (ATT) GDR (Reg S)

GMS

Enwell Energy

FINALS

AB Ignitis Grupe GDR (Reg S), Oxford Biodynamics

SPECIAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE

Ferrexpo

SPECIAL EX-DIVIDEND DATE

Stock Spirits Group

EGMS

Greencoat Renewables, Kerry Group 'A' Shares, Origin Enterprises

AGMS

Britvic, Europa Oil & Gas (Holdings), RDI Reit , Smart (J) & Co., Sunrise Resources , Tertiary Minerals, Troy Income & Growth Trust

TRADING ANNOUNCEMENTS

Anglo American, Britvic, Euromoney Institutional Investor, Intermediate Capital Group, TalkTalk Telecom Group

FINAL EX-DIVIDEND DATE

Paragon Banking Group, Renew Holdings, Stock Spirits Group , Victrex plc, Watkin Jones

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