Thursday preview: US consumer confidence, UK Q4 GDP in the spotlight

(Sharecast News) - Investors' attention on Thursday will be on a raft of economic data releases on the other side of the Atlantic. Key among those will be the final results for the University of Michigan's consumer confidence survey for March at 1400 GMT.

They will be preceded at 1230 GMT by weekly jobless claims figures and a final estimate for fourth quarter gross domestic product growth.

Against that backdrop, at 0700 GMT the Office for National Statistics will release its own estimate for fourth quarter GDP, but in the UK.

Consensus is that the UK economy shrank at a 0.3% pace quarter-on-quarter.

Across the Channel, investors' attention will be trained on German unemployment and retail sales figures for March and February, respectively.

Also due out are euro area M3 money supply growth figures for February.

Thursday 28 March

INTERIMS

AdvancedAdvT Limited NPV (DI), Aptamer Group, Crystal Amber Fund Ltd., Crystal Amber Fund Ltd.

INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE

Berkeley Group Holdings (The), BHP Group Limited NPV (DI), City of London Investment Group, Gateley (Holdings) , Genus, Hargreaves Lansdown, Mid Wynd International Inv Trust, North Atlantic Smaller Companies Inv Trust, Thames Ventures Vct 2 DSO D Shs

INTERIM EX-DIVIDEND DATE

New Star Investment Trust, Volution Group

QUARTERLY PAYMENT DATE

BP, Diversified Energy Company , Downing Renewables & Infrastructure Trust, HICL Infrastructure , NextEnergy Solar Fund Limited Red, Premier Miton Global Renewables Trust, The Renewables Infrastructure Group Limited, Vaalco Energy, Inc (DI)

QUARTERLY EX-DIVIDEND DATE

BlackRock Sustainable American Income Trust, Duke Capital Limited, Primary Health Properties, Value and Indexed Property Income Trust

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

Chicago PMI (US) (13:45)

Continuing Claims (US) (12:30)

Gross Domestic Product (US) (12:30)

Initial Jobless Claims (US) (12:30)

M3 Money Supply (EU) (09:00)

Pending Homes Sales (US) (14:00)

Personal Consumption Expenditures (US) (12:30)

Retail Sales (GER) (07:00)

U. of Michigan Confidence (Final) (US) (14:00)

Unemployment Rate (GER) (08:55)

FINALS

Arbuthnot Banking Group, BBGI Global Infrastructure S.A. NPV (DI), Caledonia Mining Corporation (DI), Capricorn Energy, Chesnara, EJF Investments Ltd NPV, International Public Partnerships Ltd., Schroders Capital Global Innovation Trust

ANNUAL REPORT

EJF Investments Ltd NPV, IMI

SPECIAL EX-DIVIDEND DATE

Primorus Investments

EGMS

UPL Limited GDR Reg S

AGMS

Autins Group, Dar Global , Guild Esports , IDOX, IMI, MediaZest

UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

Current Account (07:00)

Gross Domestic Product (07:00)

Nationwide House Price Index (07:00)

FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE

Blackrock Throgmorton Trust, Imperial Brands , Keystone Positive Change Investment Trust 5% Cumulative Preference 1, S and U 6% Cumulative Prf. £1

FINAL EX-DIVIDEND DATE

Fidelity European Trust, IDOX, Melrose Industries, Moneysupermarket.com Group, Personal Group Holdings, Quartix Technologies, REA Holdings 9% Cum. Prf. #1, Smith & Nephew, Taylor Wimpey, Travis Perkins, Wynnstay Group