A Brief Look At The Week Ahead

Investors in the world's fourth-biggest cigarette company, Imperial Tobacco, will be hoping on Tuesday it can deliver a better performance than rival BAT, which reported its slowest quarterly profit growth to date last week. Barclays expect Imperial, which markets Britain's top-selling brand Lambert & Butler, to provide guidance on planned share repurchases for 2006-07, anticipated by the market to be about 600m. Also likely to be closely watched is Carphone Warehouse, which is due to deliver interim results on Thursday following a roller-coaster ride for investors earlier this month. The mobile phone retailer revealed plans to buy AOL UK from Time Warner but lost the rights to sell Vodafone contracts after the carrier decided to switch providers to Phones 4U. Also on Thursday, Unilever, which owns Rexona, Lipton tea and Birds Eye, posts Q3 results. While analysts expect sales growth to be maintained at between 3% and 5%, falling margins are anticipated, disappointing investors. Tate & Lyle, which last week revealed it was selling its European starch business, also reports its half-year results on Thursday. Investors are likely to get further information on the proposed sale, which was expected to fetch the group as much as 600m. British Airways, will report its Q2 figures on Friday. Analysts expect the security measures at Heathrow, which cost the airline 40m in September, to continue to affect the group. Investors would be looking for any increase in passenger numbers in the premium segment. They will also be checking on the threatened union disruption as the pension deficit saga rolls on. Amongst others in the headlines this week are :- Chloride on Monday; Matalan and ARM Holdings on Tuesday; Chrysalis on Wednesday and BG Group and Smith & Nephew on Thursday. Good hunting! Greystone (Greystone is Alan English, City Editor at MoneyAM.)

Good morning traders!

In Asia today, the Nikkei closed down 317.22 points at 16,351.85. The Hong Kong market is closed today.

The New York Mercantile Exchange's main oil contract, light sweet crude for December delivery, was up 25 cents at $61 a barrel from $60.75 in late trading in the US Friday.

Happy trading!

G.

Good morning all.

Morning Druid,
This has to be one of the quietest threads on moneyam. We clearly don't get alot of traders on here.
Anyone into EO? Up a touch this morning on asset swap news. They are showing signs of action after spending the summer in the doldrums. KMR also looking strong again.

Pond Life, I think you need the morning thread on the traders page.

Yes, Keaydian, you're right. I was just trying to breathe a bit of life into this one, but it seems a forlorn hope.

From the "UPS" thread

Sun 29 - QFI 17p - Master RSI
Reason - Things are looking good on the trading front with large volume last Friday and bouncing from lows with Indicators at oversold aswell Quadrise is the only potential provider of bulk quantity oil in water emulsion fuel just now after Venezuela withdrawing lately

From the "UPS" thread

Sun 29 - MCGN 46p - Master RSI

Reason - Bouncing from lows on the last couple days, good volume while rising is positive as the Indicators rising from oversold, shares trading at about 10 PE and paying dividend

Midday Market Roundup

QFI 17 - 19.50p +1.25p

Sure enough I done the chart after the rise and a BREAKOUT on the recent downtrend is now being broken

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