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Friday preview: 'Big, Beautiful' bill, UK construction PMI in focus

(Sharecast News) - Investors' attention at the end of the week will be on a flurry of economic data due out in the UK and euro area. Worth noting, US financial markets will remain closed in observance of 4 July.

Nonetheless, the headlines out of Capitol Hill, where lawmakers were still negotiating the finer details of President Trump's 'Big, Beautiful' bill, might easily sway global markets.

On home shores, at 0830 BST S&P Global would release its construction sector Purchasing Managers' Index for the month of June.

Monetary Policy Committee member was due to deliver a speech at 1500 BST.

In Germany, at 0600 BST the Ministry of Finance would release factory orders figures for May.

Reading for French and Spanish industrial output covering that same month would follow at 0600 BST and 0645 BST, respectively.

Friday 04 July

INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE

Associated British Foods, Livermore Investments Group Ltd.

QUARTERLY PAYMENT DATE

BlackRock American Income Trust, Law Debenture Corp., TwentyFour Select Monthly Income Fund Limited

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

Factory Orders (GER) (07:00)

Producer Price Index (EU) (09:00)

UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

PMI Construction (09:30)

FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE

Computacenter, Concurrent Technologies, Everplay Group, Forterra, Hill and Smith, Lords Group Trading, Marks & Spencer Group, Midwich Group, Science Group , Warpaint London , Whitbread, WPP

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