Skip Header
Important information: The value of investments can go down as well as up so you may get back less than you invest. Investors should note that the views expressed may no longer be current and may have already been acted upon. This is a third-party news feed and may not reflect Fidelity’s views.

Tuesday preview: US durable goods orders, Softcat in the spotlight

(Sharecast News) - Investors' focus on Tuesday will be on a raft of economic reports due out in the States.

Chief amongst those will be the U.S. Department of Commerce's report on durable goods orders for the month of February at 1230 GMT.

It will be followed at 1300 GMT by the release of home price data for January and at 1400 GMT by the Conference Board's consumer confidence index for March.

Across the Channel meanwhile, at 0700 GMT consultancy GfK will publish the results of its consumer confidence survey for Germany in April.

An estimate for fourth quarter Spanish gross domestic product will follow at 0800 GMT.

On the company side of things, IT infrastructure provider Softcat is due to update investors on the first half of its financial year.

UBS analyst Michael Briest has penciled-in a 2.7% decline in revenues to £498m.

Earnings before interest and tax meanwhile were seen edging up from £63m one year before to £65m.

Nonetheless, EBIT growth was set to be weighted towards the second half due to more difficult comparables in the front half.

Tuesday 26 March

INTERIMS

Bellway, Smiths Group, Softcat, YouGov

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

Consumer Confidence (US) (14:00)

Durable Goods Orders (US) (12:30)

GFK Consumer Confidence (GER) (07:00)

House Price Index (US) (13:00)

GMS

Fondul Proprietatea S.A. GDR (Reg S)

FINALS

888 Holdings (DI), 888 Holdings (DI), AIREA, Amaroq Minerals Ltd. Npv (DI), Big Technologies, CAB Payments Holdings, CPP Group, DigitalBox, Empresaria Group, Flutter Entertainment (DI), Forterra, Genel Energy, Getbusy, Good Energy Group, Harworth Group, Inspired, Inspired, Journeo , Life Science REIT, Life Science REIT, Luceco , Michelmersh Brick Holdings, Niox Group, Petershill Partners , Real Estate Investors, Regional REIT Limited, W.A.G Payment Solutions , Wood Group (John), Xaar

ANNUAL REPORT

Getbusy

EGMS

Bankmuscat (S.A.O.G) GDR (Reg S), Riverstone Energy Limited , Tribe Technology

AGMS

Bankmuscat (S.A.O.G) GDR (Reg S), Becket Invest, LG Electronics Inc GDS (Reg S), Power Metal Resources, Titon Holdings, Wynnstay Group

TRADING ANNOUNCEMENTS

Ocado Group

Share this article

Related Sharecast Articles

Hummingbird announces restart at Kouroussa
(Sharecast News) - Hummingbird Resources announced the remobilization of Corica Mining Services at the Kouroussa Gold Mine in Guinea on Friday, after a work stoppage on March 17.
Drilling to start on Oracle's Northern Zone project
(Sharecast News) - Oracle Power announced on Friday that drilling is set to start next week at the Northern Zone Gold Project, 25 kilometres east of Kalgoorlie in Western Australia.
Fulcrum Metals extends date for sale of uranium assets
(Sharecast News) - Fulcrum Metals announced an extension to the completion date for the proposed sale of its Saskatchewan uranium projects to Terra Balcanica Resources on Friday.
PipeHawk subsidiary awarded £0.75m contract
(Sharecast News) - PipeHawk announced on Friday that an unnamed building materials company had awarded its subsidiary QM Systems a significant contract.

Important information: This information is not a personal recommendation for any particular investment. If you are unsure about the suitability of an investment you should speak to one of Fidelity’s advisers or an authorised financial adviser of your choice. When you are thinking about investing in shares, it’s generally a good idea to consider holding them alongside other investments in a diversified portfolio of assets. Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future returns.

Award-winning online share dealing

Search, compare and select from thousands of shares.

Expert insights into investing your money

Our team of experts explore the world of share dealing.