Week Ahead 10-14 June

Monday 10 June

Interim: RWS

Finals: Falkland Island, Great Eastern Energy, Latchways, Printing.com

Trading statement: Globo

AGMs: CEPS, Globo, Hansteen, Hydrodec, Synairgen

EGMs: FirstGroup, Invensys

Tuesday 11 June

Interims: Gooch & Housego, Pressure Technologies

Finals: Carclo, Charles Stanley, CML Microsystems, Eckoh, Energy Assets, Oxford Instruments, Park, Record, Vianet, Workspace

Trading statement: IG

AGMs: Afren, DDD, Gem Diamonds, Highland Gold Mining, Petropavlovsk

EGM: Computacenter

Economics: RICS house prices, Industrial production, Manufacturing output, NIESR GDP estimate (May)

Wednesday 12 June

Finals: Castings, Creston, Hyder Consulting

Trading statements: ASOS, J Sainsbury, WPP

AGMs: Antofagasta, Dexion Trading, Flying Brands, International Public Partnerships, Lidco, M&C Saatchi, Oxford Catalysts, Polymetal, Primary Health Properties, Sopheon, Source BioScience, Trinity Exploration & Production, WANdisco

EGMs: Highway Capital, Noventa, Primary Health Properties

Economics: Unemployment data, Average weekly earnings

Sainsbury's (SBRY) has been successfully growing market share while diversifying into non-grocery areas, and the group looks increasingly like the sector's front-runner. However, there are rumours that headhunters have been hired to replace chief executive Justin King and the management team are already facing a tough trading period ahead. In fact, guidance is for like-for-like sales of between 1-1.5 per cent in the financial year to mid-March 2014. The shares have fallen 6 per cent since the full-year results a month ago, and with analysts pencilling in 8 per cent earnings growth in the current financial year, a rating of 12 times prospective earnings looks fair ahead of the company's first-quarter trading update.

Thursday 13 June

Interims: Caretech, Redhall

Finals: Atkins (WS), Consort Medical, Halma, Mulberry, Norcros, Wincanton

Trading statements: Home Retail, PZ Cussons, WH Smith

AGMs: Corero Network Security, Evraz, Huntsworth, Kingfisher, Lansdowne Oil & Gas, Soco, William Morrison, Zamamo

EGM: May Gurney

A first-quarter trading statement from Home Retail (HRG), the owner of DIY chain Homebase and catalogue retailer Argos, should shed some light on the nation's spending habits in the past three months.

Argos delivered its first like-for-like sales growth in five years in the 12 months to early March, so analysts will be keeping a keen eye on the underlying performance to see whether the trend has continued into the new financial year. Homebase performed less well. Sales fell 5 per cent last year due to weak consumer spending, sending operating profit plunging more than 50 per cent. The strategy is to turn Homebase into a "differentiated multi-channel home-enhancement retailer" with a stylish "female-friendly" proposition. To achieve this, Homebase is refitting stores, improving service and expanding the Laura Ashley and Habitat concessions. Expect an update on the progress being made in Thursday's trading update.

Friday 14 June

Finals: Ensor, Polar Capital

AGMs: Laura Ashley, Panther Securities, Patagonia Gold, President Energy, Tissue Regenix, Toumaz

EGM: Kier

Economics: Construction output

Shares going ex-dividend on 12 June

The ex-dividend date is the first day on which it is no longer possible to buy the shares and qualify for the dividend. Ex-days are almost always a Wednesday. The record date is usually two days after the ex-date. The payment day is the day on which the funds are transferred to shareholders.