Aviva, Royal Mail and Burberry update as heavyweight roll call continues: Thursday previews

There has been a lot going with Aviva PLC (LSE:AV.) since the life insurer last reported half-year results back in August ...read the preview.

Ahead of interim results from Burberry Group PLC (LSE:BRBY), analysts have been putting the patent leather boot in, with worries about the wider luxury market and the newly appointed creative chief Daniel Lee… read the Burberry preview.

After Royal Mail lost its monopoly on parcels at Post Office branches, Thursday’s interim results for parent International Distributions Services PLC (LSE:IDS) come at a critical juncture for the delivery group ...read the Royal Mail preview. 

The London Stock Exchange Group PLC is hosting a much-anticipated capital markets day for major investors and analysts, which has led to increased optimism in some parts. Ahead of the CMD, boss David Schwimmer was sanguine about the current travails of the Square Mile's IPO market. 

Companies due to report:

Trading updates: Aviva PLC (LSE:AV.), Atalaya Mining (AIM:ATYM, TSX:AYM) PLC, Keller Group PLC (LSE:KLR), Smiths Group (LSE:SMIN) PLC

Interims: Assura PLC, Great Portland Estates (LSE:GPOR) PLC, Halma PLC (LSE:HLMA), Investec PLC (LSE:INVP), Liontrust Asset Management (LSE:LIO) PLC, Marks Electrical Group PLC (AIM:MRK), QinetiQ Group PLC (LSE:QQ.), Syncona Limited (LSE:SYNC), Tatton Asset Management PLC (AIM:TAM), United Utilities Group

US earnings: Alibaba (pre-open), Walmart (pre-open), Applied Materials

AGMs: Avingtrans PLC (AIM:AVG), Close Brothers Group PLC (LSE:CBG), Craneware PLC (AIM:CRW), Dunelm Group PLC (LSE:DNLM), Eagle Eye Solutions Group PLC (AIM:EYE), JD Wetherspoon PLC (LSE:JDW), MJ Gleeson (LSE:GLE) PLC, Origin Enterprises PLC, Ricardo PLC (LSE:RCDO), Smiths Group (LSE:SMIN) PLC, Thorpe (F.W) PLC

Economic announcements: Business Insights and Conditions (UK), Initial Jobless Claims (US), Continuing Claims (US), Import and Export Price Indices (US), Philadelphia Fed Index (US), Industrial Production (US), Capacity Utilisation (US)

Ex-dividends to reduce FTSE 100 by: 13.91 (Shell, Unilever, GSK, Hargreaves Lansdown, Bunzl, B&M, Pershing Square, Marks and Spencer)