Economic Calendar

Economic events are defined as having economic significance to the value of shares, indices, commodities and other financial instruments, and encompass any internal or external occurrence that can affect their performance (primarily, supply and demand).

An economic event can either strengthen, weaken, or have a neutral effect on the instrument or instruments it correlates to.

Foreign currency exchange rates (also known as Forex), are influenced by an array of political and economic factors relating to the difference in value of a currency or economic region, such as the euro (EUR) in relation of another country's or economic region's currency, such as the United States dollar (USD).

The main factors affecting currency exchange rates are the terms of trade, political stability and overall economic performance between the two countries or regions. This also refers to their economic growth (for example GDP growth rate), economic health, interest rates, inflation rates and balance of payments (i.e. exports, imports, and government debt).

The United States Non-Farm Payrolls report (NFP) is an example of a major economic event that is related to Forex. The NFP typically affects the following currency exchange rates: EUR/USD, GBP/USD, and USD/JPY.

A company's stock price typically rises or falls according to changes in its competitive position in the market. Various factors affect the competitive position of a company, including news releases issued by, or in relation to, the company's financial performance, as well as corporate events (dividends, earnings reports, spin-offs, rights issue, etc).

Plus500’s Economic Calendar allows you to filter Corporate Events by Dividends and Earnings Releases within defined and customised time frames.

A quarterly earnings report for Meta (META) is an example of a corporate event that affects a stock’s price.

A stock index is a weighted average (or benchmark) of prices for a selected basket of companies listed on a stock market. The value of a stock index is determined according to factors such as place of listing, type of security, market capitalisation and the weightings of constituents. Popular stock market indices from across the world include: UK 100, US-TECH 100, Japan 225 and France 40.

One of the main factors affecting an index CFD is the percentage changes in the value of a stock which forms a significant constituent of that index, and/or the average percentage change of a group of shares in a particular industry, sector or category. Investors' overall confidence and expected economic growth of a country's stock market may also influence the price of its indices.

Germany Services PMI is an example of an economic event that can affect the price of the Germany 40 index, as well as other shares listed on the German stock exchange.