KEY CORPORATE EVENTS THIS WEEK

MONDAY

UK: Hanson quarterly earnings, Pizza Express half-year earnings

France: Sanofi final results

Sweden: Sandvik results

TUESDAY

UK: NatWest final results, Scottish TV final results, EMI nine-month earnings

France: Sema earnings

Netherlands: DSM final results

WEDNESDAY

UK: Standard Chartered final results, BAe final results, Prudential Corporation final results, Commercial Union final results

Sweden: Pharmacia & Upjohn 1996 results

France: Carrefour final results, Elf final results, Paribas final results, Legrand final results

THURSDAY

UK: British Gas final results,

Abbey National final results,

Lasmo final results, Hepworth final results

Switzerland: Asea Brown Boveri 1996 results

Netherlands: ABN Amro 1996 results

US: Richard Branson gives evidence in Washington on why the BA-American Airlines alliance must be halted.

FRIDAY

UK: Henlys Group final results Copyright: IOS & Bloomberg