Results from ANZ and Mainfreight will be accompanied by meetings for Bremworth and Comvita shareholders this week.
Investors seeking any data points they can find in absence of official US government numbers.
Harbour Asset Management portfolio manager Shane Solly on the week ahead for financial markets.
Headline inflation expected to hit ‘top end’ 3%, driven by council rate hikes.
This week will see a new listing on the NZX, a trading update from Fletcher Building, and a well-timed annual meeting for Genesis Energy.
GDP contraction figure should provide impetus for 50bps rate cut this week, says investor.
During what is expected to be a quiet week on the equities front, results of Synlait and The Warehouse Group will be keenly watched.
The dairy producer is expected to come in with positive earnings driven by buoyant global milk prices, hot on the heels of its announced $4.2b sale of its consumer interests.
A cut would deviate from the central bank's recent pauses, which have seen rates hold steady since a 50 basis point cut last September.
JBWere senior strategist Phil Borkin on the week ahead.
