Thursday preview: Greene King, Kingfisher

November was a boozy month with updates from Mitchells and Butlers, Enterprise Inns, Young's, Fuller's and Marston's, and December - not the most teetotal of months - kicks off with Britain's biggest ale brewer, Greene King, updating the market.

Investment analysts will be keen to see how well Greene King's Capital Pub purchase is doing - the experience of Young's and its purchase of Capital Pub facsimile Geronimo Inns suggests that the acquisition has been performing well.

DIY retailer Kingfisher gives a trading update which could be the cue for another set of headlines about hard times on the High Street or it could prompt press articles about the stark difference in fortunes between the winners and the losers in the retail space; judging by its September update, Kingfisher is more likely to fall into the "winners" category, but a lot can change in two months.

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For one thing, confidence in the prospects for France's economy has taken a knock recently, and this could have an affect on Kingfisher's operations across the channel; around half of B&Q's earnings come from its French stores.

INTERIMS

Consort Medical, Falkland Islands Holdings, Greene King, May Gurney Integrated Services, Telford Homes

INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE

Andrews Sykes Group, ITV, Ladbrokes, Sony Corp., Toshiba Corp.

QUARTERLY PAYMENT DATE

JPMorgan Claverhouse Inv Trust

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

Auto Sales (US) (15:00)

Bloomberg Consumer Confidence (US) (14:45)

Construction Spending (US) (15:00)

Continuing Claims (US) (13:30)

Initial Jobless Claims (US) (13:30)

ISM Manufacturing (US) (15:00)

ISM Prices Paid (US) (15:00)

PMI Manufacturing (EU) (09:00)

FINALS

OMG

EGMS

Millwall Holdings, OJSC Phosagro GDR (Regs)

AGMS

AI Claims Solutions, Clinton Cards, Millwall Holdings

TRADING ANNOUNCEMENTS

Kingfisher

UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

Nationwide House Price Index (07:00)

FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE

Impax Asian Environmental Markets, Manchester & London Inv Trust

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