The week ahead in markets sees little economic being released today apart from the leading indicators data from the U.S at 2pm.

On Tuesday, from the U.S we have house price Index data for July, forecast is for an increase of 0.5%. The two day Federal Reserve meeting starts as well.

On Wednesday, we have Euro-zone Industrial New Orders, and Japanese Merchandise Trade Balance Totals. From the U.S, weekly mortgage applications; weekly crude inventories

On Thursday, the G-20 summit begins, and in from Europe the IFO report is released. From the U.S, we have weekly jobless claims; existing-home sales; seven-year auction.

To end the week on Friday from the U.S, there are durable-goods orders; consumer sentiment, and new-home sales.

The UK market and the European markets have opened flat today. U.S futures markets are pointing to a slightly negative start when their markets resume trading this afternoon. Futures currently forecast the Dow to open down circa 21 points, the Nasdaq and S&P are currently pointing to a flat start to trading.

Sources: Reuters: BBC: Bloomberg: Lawshare: Deutsche Bank (db): Proquote: Financial Times: Wall Street Journal: CLSA: Sharescope: Market News. Capital Economics: CNBC: Wikipedia: GaveKal:

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