
An overview of important economic data, quarterly results and monetary policy decisions.
The week from October 26th to November 1st, 2026 is characterized by numerous quarterly reports from international corporations, monetary policy decisions by the Fed and ECB as well as important economic data such as the Ifo index and GDP figures.
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The list contains the most important economic and stock market dates for the last week of October 2026.
The most important events in the economy, stock market and economic situation.
Monday, October 26, 2026
07:00 AM/ECB Director Elderson, keynote at COP17 conference
10:00 DE/Ifo business climate index October
12:00 US/Verizon Communications Inc, 3Q earnings
14:30 US/Chicago Fed National Activity Index (CFNAI) September
15:00 EU/Forecast overview from Dow Jones Newswires on growth, inflation (each for the Eurozone), yields on 10-year federal bonds, Euribor
15:00 EU/Forecast overview from Dow Jones Newswires on exchange rate developments over the 3/6/12 months for EUR/USD, GBP/USD, USD/JPY, USD/CHF, EUR/CHF, EUR/GBP, EUR/JPY, EUR/CNY, USD/CNY
AT/stock exchange holiday: Austria
Tuesday, October 27, 2026
05:00 GB/HSBC Holdings plc, 3Q results
07:00 CH/Novartis AG, results 9 months
07:30 DE/Porsche AG, result 3Q (08:00 PK)
07:30 FR/Orange SA, 3Q result
08:00 DE/Beiersdorf AG, results for 9 months (09:00 analyst and press conference)
08:00 GB/Reckitt Benckiser Group plc, 3Q trading update
08:45 FR/Consumer Confidence October
10:00 EU/ECB, M3 money supply and lending September
10:00 EU/ECB, quarterly lending report 3Q
11:00 US/United Parcel Service Inc (UPS), 3Q earnings
11:30 EU/ECB, allocation of main refi tender
11:30 DE/Auction of federal treasury bonds with a maturity of December 2028 with a volume of EUR 5 billion
12:00 EU/ECB, allocation of 3-month long-term refi tender
12:00 US/Coca-Cola Co, 3Q results
12:15 US/Paypal Holdings Inc, 3Q earnings
12:30 US/Boeing Co, 3Q results
1:30 p.m. US/Durable Goods Orders September
15:00 US/Consumer Confidence Index October
3:00 p.m. US/New Home Sales September
6:00 p.m. DE/ECB President Lagarde and Executive Board, informal exchange with EU Trade Commissioner Šefčovič in Frankfurt
18:05 FR/Saint-Gobain SA, sales 9 months
9:00 p.m. CH/Logitech International SA, 2Q results (9:30 p.m. conference call)
9:05 p.m. US/Visa Inc, 3Q results
DE/German Savings Banks and Giro Association (DSGV), press conference on World Savings Day
Wednesday, October 28, 2026
02:00 NZ/Reserve Bank of New Zealand, outcome of the Monetary Policy Council meeting
05:00 GB/Standard Chartered plc, 3Q results
06:00 EU/Acea, new commercial vehicle registrations, 3Q
06:45 CH/UBS Group AG, 3Q results
06:45 NO/Equinor ASA, 3Q results (11:30 analyst conference)
06:50 ES/Banco Santander SA, result 9 months
07:00 DE/BASF SE, 3Q results (08:30 analyst conference; 10:30 PK)
07:00 DE/Deutsche Bank AG, 3Q results (08:00 PK; 11:00 analyst conference)
07:00 DE/DWS Group GmbH & Co KGaA, 3Q results (10:00 analyst conference)
07:00 DE/Mercedes-Benz Group AG, 3Q results (08:00 analyst conference, 09:15 PK)
07:00 FR/BNP Paribas SA, 3Q results
07:00 CH/Sandoz Group AG, 3Q sales
07:00 NL/Heineken NV, Trading Update 3Q
07:30 DE/Delivery Hero SE, Trading Update 3Q
07:30 DE/Symrise AG, 3Q results
07:30 FR/Danone SA, sales 3Q
07:30 NL/Adyen NV, 3Q result
07:30 KR/LG Electronics Inc, detailed 3Q earnings
07:30 NL/KPN NV, result 3Q
08:00 DE/NIM consumer climate indicator November
08:00 DE/Traton SE, results for 9 months (10:00 analyst conference)
08:00 GB/GSK plc, 3Q results
08:00 GB/Unilever plc, Trading Statement 3Q
09:00 GB/Aston Martin Lagonda Global Holdings plc, 3Q results
11:30 DE/Auction of federal bonds with a maturity of August 2036 with a volume of EUR 5.5 billion
12:30 US/T-Mobile US Inc, 3Q earnings
12:30 US/GE Healthcare Technologies Inc, 3Q earnings
12:30 US/GE Vernova Inc, 3Q earnings
14:45 CA/Bank of Canada (BoC), outcome of the Monetary Policy Council meeting
3:30 p.m. US/weekly crude oil inventory data from the government's Energy Information Administration (EIA)
17:45 NL/Airbus SE, result 3Q
7:00 p.m. US/Fed, FOMC meeting results
9:00 p.m. US/Fedex Corp, 1Q earnings
9:05 p.m. US/Alphabet Inc (Google Holding), 3Q results
21:05 US/Microsoft Corp, 1Q results
21:10 US/Ford Motor Co, 3Q results
22:05 US/Ebay Inc, 3Q results
DE/Initial listing of TK Accelis (materials division of Thyssenkrupp)
Thursday, October 29, 2026
02:00 KR/Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, 3Q earnings
06:30 FR/Societe Generale SA, 3Q result
06:45 NL/Redcare Pharmacy NV, 3Q results
06:55 DE/Kion Group AG, detailed 3Q results
06:55 ES/Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA (BBVA), 3Q result
06:55 DE/Alzchem Group AG, 3Q results
07:00 AT/OMV AG, 3Q results
07:00 BE/Anheuser-Busch Inbev SA, 3Q results
07:00 DE/Knorr-Bremse AG, 3Q results
07:00 DE/Wacker Chemie AG, 3Q results
07:00 CH/STMicroelectronics NV, 3Q results
07:00 FR/Renault SA, sales 3Q
07:20 FR/Air Liquide SA, 3Q results
07:30 DE/Adidas AG, detailed 3Q results
07:30 DE/Aixtron SE, detailed results 3Q
07:30 DE/Volkswagen AG (VW), 3Q results
07:30 FR/Schneider Electric SE, 3Q results
07:30 NL/ING Groep NV, 3Q result
07:30 DE/Baader Bank AG, 3Q results
07:30 DE/Befesa SA, result 3Q
07:30 DE/Drägerwerk AG & Co KGaA, detailed 3Q results
08:00 CH/Glencore plc, Production Report 3Q
08:00 DE/MTU Aero Engines AG, 3Q results (09:30 PK)
08:00 FR/Totalenergies SE, 3Q results
08:00 GB/Shell plc, 3Q results
08:00 DE/LPKF Laser & Electronics SE, 3Q results
08:00 ES/Repsol SA, 3Q result
08:00 GB/Haleon plc, Trading Statement 3Q
08:00 GB/Lloyds Banking Group plc, 3Q results
09:00 ES/GDP (1st release) 3Q
11:00 EU/Index Economic Sentiment October
11:00 EU/Eurozone business climate index October
11:00 GB/Linde plc, 3Q results (14:00 analyst conference)
11:30 US/Merck & Co Inc, 3Q results
12:00 US/Mastercard Inc, 3Q earnings
12:30 US/Caterpillar Inc, 3Q earnings
13:30 US/GDP (1st release) 3Q
1:30 p.m. US/Initial jobless claims (week)
1:30 p.m. US/Personal Expenses and Income September
14:15 EU/ECB, results of the Council meeting
14:45 EU/ECB, PK after Council meeting
15:00 EU/Forecast overview from Dow Jones Newswires on the oil price development of Brent and WTI
16:50 DE/ECB Director Cipollone, speech at the EU T+1 Industry Committee event
5:00 p.m. AT/ECB Council member Kocher, speech at OeNB Talk on International and Climate Economics
17:45 FR/Axa SA, result 1Q
17:45 FR/Universal Music Group NV (UMG), 3Q results
9:00 p.m. US/Intel Corp, 3Q earnings
9:00 p.m. US/Starbucks Corp, 4Q earnings
22:05 US/Amazon.com Inc, 3Q results
Friday, October 30, 2026
00:50 JP/Industrial production September
07:00 DE/Fuchs SE, detailed 3Q results (10:00 PK; 12:00 analyst conference)
07:00 DE/Hella GmbH & Co KGaA, preliminary 3Q results
07:00 FR/Capgemini SA, 3Q results
07:00 FR/Credit Agricole SA, 3Q result
07:30 FR/GDP (1st release) 3Q
07:30 FRI/Private consumption September
07:30 AT/Erste Group Bank AG, results 9 months
07:30 FR/Sanofi SA, 3Q result
08:00 DE/Import/Export prices September
08:00 DE/Employment 3Q
08:00 DE/Puma SE, 3Q results (9:30 PK; 15:00 analyst conference)
08:00 GB/Astrazeneca plc, 9 month results
08:00 GB/BP plc, 3Q results
08:00 GB/Natwest Group plc, 3Q results
08:45 FR/Consumer prices (provisional) October
09:00 ES/HICP and consumer prices (provisional) October
09:00 DE/Audi AG, 3Q results
09:55 DE/Labour market data October
10:00 DE/GDP (1st publication) Q3
10:00 DE/Consumer prices Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Brandenburg, Hesse, North Rhine-Westphalia, Saxony October
10:00 EU/ECB, results of the survey of monetary policy analysts
10:00 IT/GDP (1st release) 3Q
10:00 EU/ECB, results of the “Survey of Professional Forecasters”
11:00 EU/Labour market data September
11:00 EU/GDP (1st release) 3Q
11:00 IT/Consumer Prices (provisional) October
11:00 US/Chevron Corp, 3Q earnings
11:45 US/Abbvie Inc, 3Q earnings
12:00 IT/Intesa Sanpaolo SpA, 3Q result
12:30 US/Exxon Mobil Corp, 3Q earnings
13:30 CA/Gross Domestic Product (GDP) monthly August
13:30 US/Labor Cost Index 3Q
2:00 p.m. DE/Consumer prices (provisional) October
14:45 US/Index Purchasing Manager Chicago October
5:00 p.m. AT/ECB Council member Kocher, speech at Money & More - The National Bank on Tour event
17:10 US/ECB Chief Economist Lane, keynote at the San Francisco Fed conference
JP/BoJ, outcome of the Monetary Policy Council meeting
SE/Abridged trading in Sweden
Saturday, October 31, 2026
02:30 CN/Purchasing Managers Index/PMI Services (CFLP/National Statistics Authority) October
02:30 CN/Purchasing Managers Index/Manufacturing PMI (CFLP/National Statistics Authority) October
Sunday, November 1, 2026
AT/Opec and non-OPEC countries (OPEC+), ministerial meeting
US/End of Daylight Saving Time
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
Alphabet and Microsoft will release their quarterly results on October 28th.
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The Dax lost 1.3 percent on Friday and is approaching the 25,000 point mark. Negative factors include rising oil prices, tech sales and uncertainty in the French bond market caused by Moody's creditworthiness assessment.

US stock markets are experiencing losses as investors are concerned about the high AI investment costs of large technology companies. Despite strong quarterly reports, fear of falling future profits dominates market activity.

Enthusiasm for AI stocks on Wall Street is waning. Investors are increasingly demanding concrete returns on massive infrastructure investments. Meta stocks fell despite good quarterly figures, while chip stocks like Nvidia came under pressure.

BASF has increased its takeover offer for competitor Evonik to 11.2 billion euros or 24 euros per share. The offer also includes binding job guarantees until 2032.

The employers' association Gesamtmetall warns of deindustrialization and calls for massive reforms. According to a survey, 42 percent of companies are planning to cut staff as the industry heads into its third year of recession in a row.

The German construction industry recorded a record high in new orders in August with an increase of 23 percent. While major orders are boosting civil engineering, residential construction remains under pressure due to high interest rates and stagnating purchase prices.