Investors focus on Thursday will be on a raft of purchasing managers' survey results for manufacturing and services sector activity in the euro area, UK and US.
Asthma-focussed medical device company Niox said in an update on Wednesday that it continued to perform strongly in the year to date, meeting management expectations.
The following is a round-up of earnings and trading updates by London-listed companies, issued on Wednesday and not separately reported by Alliance News:
Feedback PLC - London-based.
Investors' focus over the coming week will be on the US central bank amid a continuing heavy calendar of Fed speakers, especially during the first half of the week.