Financial News

LONDON (ShareCast) - No FTSE 100 companies are scheduled to declare results next week which leaves the field clear for second liners such as ASOS (LSE: ASC.L - news) , HMV and Greene King (LSE: GNK.L - news) .

Online fashion retailer ASOS is a shining example of how shopping habits are changing. While old school bricks and mortar retailers such as Marks & Spencer have had to occasionally resort to publicity stunts to lure customers to their stores, ASOS's online offering is growing in popularity to the extent that it now rivals Next's web site in terms of customer visits.

"As widely reported, younger fashion is proving more resilient, internet shopping continues to gain in popularity and our international sales are being bolstered by the weak pound," said chief executive officer Nick Robertson art the time of the company's trading update in April.

HMV has benefited from the demise of rivals Woolworths (Munich: 886853 - news) and Zavvi, and said at the end of April that its full year results would be at the upper end of market expectations. While sales of music, films, software and associated hardware are buoyant, the company's book selling subsidiary, Waterstone's, remains a concern.

Acquisitive brewing and pub group Greene King will have been enjoying the sparkling summer weather Britain has been enjoying in June. The company has been opportunistically buying up pubs from its cash strapped rivals and buying back its own bonds at below par prices since raising £207.5m through a rights issue in April.

Monday June 29

INTERIMS Interbulk Group (LSE: INB.L - news)

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS Consumer Price Index (JPN) Industrial Production (JPN) Retail Sales (JPN) Chicago Fed. National Activity Index (USA) (13:30) Dallas Fed Manufacturing Activity Index (USA) (15:30) Business Climate Index (EC) (10:00) Consumer Confidence (EC) (10:00) Economic Confidence (EC) (10:00) Industrial Confidence (EC) (10:00) Service Sector Confidence (EC) (10:00)

FINALS ASOS

EGMS FRM Diversified Alpha Ltd.

AGMS Ariana Resources (LSE: AAU.L - news) , Conister Financial Group, Glencar Mining (Dublin: GN2.IR - news) , Global Brands, Global Brands, HydroDec Group (LSE: HYR.L - news) , Plant Offshore Group, PowerFilm (Reg S), Sibir Energy (LSE: SBE.L - news) , Strategic Thought Group

UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS Consumer Credit (09:30) GFK Consumer Confidence (09:30) M4 Money Supply (09:30) Mortgage Approvals (09:30) Hometrack Housing Survey (00:01)

Tuesday June 30

INTERIMS Pursuit Dynamics (LSE: PDX.L - news)

INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE A&J Mucklow, Future, Jersey Electricity 'A', Keydata AIM VCT (LSE: KEY.L - news) , Local Shopping REIT, Majedie Investments, Marston's, MWB Business Exchange (LSE: MBE.L - news) , Plexus (NASDAQ: PLXS - news) , Town Centre Securities (LSE: TCSC.L - news)

QUARTERLY PAYMENT DATE Premier Energy (Frankfurt: A0RA7N - news) & Water Trust, Scottish American Inv Company

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS Chicago PMI (US) (14:45) Consumer Confidence (US) (15:00) German Retail Sales (GER) Producer Prices (FRA) Unemployment (GER) M3 Money Supply (EC) (09:00) Consumer Price Index estimate (EC) (10:00) Jobless Rate (JPN) Household Spending (JPN) Housing Starts (JPN)

FINALS Assura Group (LSE: AGR.L - news) , Carpetright (LSE: CPR.L - news) , Eredene Capital (LSE: ERE.L - news) , HMV Group (LSE: HMV.L - news) , Plastics Capital (LSE: PLA.L - news) , ReNeuron, Scott Wilson (LSE: SWG.L - news)

AGMS Alexandra, Apace Media (LSE: APA.L - news) , Cadogan Petroleum (LSE: CAD.L - news) , Crimson Tide (LSE: TIDE.L - news) , Eagle-i Holdings, IdaTech (LSE: IDA.L - news) , Impellam Group, Inion, Keydata AIM VCT 2 (LSE: KEYT.L - news) , Keydata Income VCT 1, Keydata Income VCT 2, Mediterranean Oil & Gas, Nipson Digital Printing Systems (LSE: NDP.L - news) , North Atlantic Smaller Companies Inv Trust, Sinosoft Technology (LSE: SFT.L - news) , Viridas

UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS Current Account (09:30) GDP (quarterly national accounts) (09:30) GfK Consumer Confidence (00:01)

FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE China Shoto (LSE: CHNS.L - news) , Core VCT I (LSE: CR.L - news) , Core VCT II (LSE: CR2.L - news) , Core VCT III (LSE: CR3.L - news) , Edge Performance VCT, HSBC Infrastructure Company Ltd., Securities Trust of Scotland, Ukrproduct Group, Vindon Healthcare (LSE: VDN.L - news) , Visonic (LSE: VSC.L - news)

Wednesday July 01

INTERIMS Research Now (LSE: RNOW.L - news)

INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE Bellway (LSE: BWY.L - news) , Numis Corporation (LSE: NUM.L - news)

INTERIM EX-DIVIDEND DATE Alternative Networks (LSE: AN.L - news) , Compass Group (LSE: CPG.L - news) , Electronic Data Processing, Fountains (LSE: FNT.L - news) , Paragon Group Of Companies

QUARTERLY EX-DIVIDEND DATE Aberdeen Development Capital (LSE: AVC.L - news) , Africa Opportunity Fund Ltd., Mercantile Inv Trust

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS Auto Sales (US) (12:00) Construction Spending (US) (15:00) Crude Oil Inventories (US) (15:30) ISM Manufacturing (US) (15:00) Pending Home Sales (US) (15:00) PMI Manufacturing Index (FRA) (08:50) PMI Manufacturing Survey (GER) (08:55) PMI Manufacturing Survey (EC) (09:00)

UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS PMI Manufacturing Survey (09:30)

FINALS Anite Group, Cyril Sweett

EGMS ET-China, Origin Enterprises (LSE: OGN.L - news) , XXI Century Investments Public Limited

AGMS Litho Supplies (LSE: LTS.L - news) , Ventus 3 VCT (LSE: VEN3.L - news)

FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE Amec (LSE: AMEC.L - news) , Billington Holdings (LSE: ARP.L - news) , Bloomsbury Publishing (LSE: BMY.L - news) , Bunzl (LSE: BNZL.L - news) , Cobham (LSE: COB.L - news) , Hunting (LSE: HTG.L - news) , Mears Group (LSE: MER.L - news) , Next, Scottish Mortgage Inv Trust

FINAL EX-DIVIDEND DATE Aberdeen All Asia Inv Trust, Albion Venture Capital Trust, Alliance Trust, BlueStar SecuTech (LSE: BSST.L - news) , Braemar Shipping Services (LSE: BMS.L - news) , Burberry Group (LSE: BRBY.L - news) , Cranswick (LSE: CWK.L - news) , Dee Valley Group (LSE: DVW.L - news) , F&C Global Smaller Companies, Framlington AIM VCT 2, Harvey Nash Group (LSE: HVN.L - news) , Helical Bar (LSE: HLCL.L - news) , Homeserve (LSE: HSV.L - news) , IFG Group (Dublin: IJG.IR - news) , Invesco English & International Trust, Invesco Income Growth Trust, Kiotech International (LSE: KIO.L - news) , Man Group (LSE: EMG.L - news) , Octopus Apollo VCT 1, Octopus Apollo VCT 2, Shires Income (LSE: SHRS.L - news) , Small Companies Dividend Trust, Tate & Lyle, TR Property Inv Trust, TR Property Inv Trust Sigma Shares, Velosi (LSE: VELO.L - news) , Workspace Group

Thursday July 02

INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE AI Claims Solutions

QUARTERLY EX-DIVIDEND DATE Torchmark Corp (NYSE: TMK - news)

UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS PMI Construction Spending (09:30)

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS Factory Orders (US) (15:00) Initial Jobless Claims (US) (13:30) Non-Farm Payrolls (US) (15:00) Unemployment Rate (US) (13:30)

FINALS Eros International, Greene King, NCC Group (LSE: NCC.L - news)

EGMS Adili (LSE: ADIL.L - news)

AGMS Harvey Nash Group, IBIS Media VCT, Lapp Plats (LSE: LPP.L - news) , Volvere (LSE: VLE.L - news)

FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE Aberdeen New Thai Inv Trust, Brammer (LSE: BRAM.L - news) , Camellia (LSE: CAM.L - news) , Cryo-Save Group, Getmobile Europe (Dublin: GZQ.IR - news) , Management Consulting Group (LSE: MMC.L - news) , Orpak Systems, Rexam

Friday July 03

INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE Albion Income & Growth VCT, Associated British Foods (LSE: ABF.L - news) , Britvic (LSE: BVIC.L - news) , Cardiff Property (LSE: CDFF.L - news) , Connaught (LSE: CNT.L - news) , Daily Mail (LSE: DMGT.L - news) and General Trust, RM Group

QUARTERLY PAYMENT DATE Panther Securities (LSE: PNS.L - news)

FINALS Cybit Holdings

AGMS KEFI Minerals (LSE: KEFI.L - news) , Kryso Resources (LSE: KYS.L - news) , Oxford Technology (LSE: OXT.L - news) 2 VCT, Oxford Technology 3 VCT, Oxford Technology 4 VCT, Oxford Technology VCT, Renewable Energy Generation (LSE: RWE.L - news) , Shires Income, Tinci Holdings (LSE: TNCS.L - news)

FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE Adventis Group (LSE: ATG.L - news) , Anglo Pacific, Bioquell (LSE: BQE.L - news) , Havelock Europa (LSE: HVE.L - news) , Hilton Food (LSE: HFG.L - news) , Huntsworth (LSE: HNT.L - news) , Informa (LSE: INF.L - news) , Judges Scientific (LSE: JDG.L - news) , London and Associated Properties, Marshalls (LSE: MSLH.L - news) , National Express Group, Northern Investors Co., Octopus AIM VCT (LSE: OOA.L - news) , Pace (LSE: PIC.L - news) , ProVen Growth and Income VCT, ProVen Growth and Income VCT 'C' Shares, Slingsby H.C, Utilico Emerging Markets Ltd.

UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS PMI Service Sector Survey (09:30) Bank of England Housing Equity Withdrawal (09:30)

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS PMI Service Sector Survey (FRA) (08:50) PMI Service Sector Survey (08:55) PMI Service Sector Survey (09:00)