Market watch: Wood Group confident of bouncing back into top flight ENERGY services firm Wood Group is expected to bounce back into the FTSE-100 index when the quarterly reshuffle is calculated on tomorrow's closing prices. Incoming chief executive Bob Keiller will be keeping his fingers crossed that the promotion goes through after the Aberdeen-based firm narrowly missed out on a return to the top flight in June's rankings. Tracker funds could create demand for up to eight million Wood Group shares if the firm pushes back into the Footsie, nearly 11 times the number of the company's shares traded in an average day. The stock dropped down into the FTSE-250 last September, having won promotion in March 2011. Keep an eye on shares in Edinburgh-based chip maker Wolfson Microelectronics this week after Peel Hunt analysts Alexandra Jarvis and Paul Morland predicted that "brutal" competition within the electronics sector could lead to further consolidation and tipped Samsung to buy Wolfson and Apple to buy Imagination Technologies. Wolfson's shares rebounded last week following a dip when Samsung, one of its biggest customers, lost a patent battle with Apple in California. Retailers will be the talk of the City this week, as traders bide their time ahead of the Federal Reserve's interest rate decision on Thursday, when chairman Ben Bernanke could unveil further stimulus. Shares in Home Retail Group have jumped 30 per cent since a surprise update in June showed better-than-expected trading at catalogue business Argos. Analysts still expect sales to be falling when the group reports on Thursday but at a slower pace. B&Q owner Kingfisher will reveal its half-year results on Wednesday, which is expected to show profits coming under pressure after a wet spring. Monday: Associated British Foods (Primark) Tuesday: Betfair, Hilton Food, IG Group, SuperGroup Wednesday: Barratt Developments, Kingfisher, Netplay, Thorntons Thursday: Dunelm, Home Retail Group (Argos and Homebase), John Lewis Partnership, Kier, Next, Premier Farnell Friday: JD Wetherspoon