Business week

Today: The Central Statistics Office (CSO) will release figures on external trade statistics and retail figures for December today.

New research into the housing and property markets will also be announced by Dr Brian Lucey at Trinity College.

Finals are expected today from Anglo Platinum, Royalblue Group and St Modwen Properties. Interims are also expected from Hargreaves Services.

P&O are expected to hold an egm today.

Tomorrow

Final results are expected from AT Communications and interim results from Abcam. British Land and Fountains will hold agms.

Fourth-quarter eurozone GDP will also be announced.

Wednesday

External trade figures for December will be announced.

Gooch and Housego are expected to hold agms and finals are expected from ARC International, Heavitree Brewery, Liberty International and Zetex.

Thursday

Eircom releases third-quarter results.

The Mercer Investment Conference 2006 will take place at the Four Seasons Hotel in Dublin.

Diageo will release interim results and finals are expected from Bradford & Bingley.

Details on vehicles licensed in 2005 will be announced. Unemployment figures are also expected from the CSO.

Wolfson Microelectronics will hold an egm.

Friday

Interim results are expected from Go-Ahead and Isotron.

December eurozone industrial production figures will be issued.