Thursday is the 'day from hell' for Europe's stock watchers

Analyst ready for bumper earnings session in which European companies are set to report results

If you think your Thursday looks bad, spare a thought for James Edwardes Jones. The RBC analyst is bracing for what he calls the busiest earnings day he’s experienced in about 20 years covering the consumer-goods industry.

Edwardes Jones plans to arrive at RBC Europe’s London offices along the River Thames about the time the world’s largest brewer, Anheuser-Busch InBev NV, reports results at 6 am local time. Fifteen minutes later he has Nestle SA, followed by Danone at 6:30. Then come Diageo Plc and British American Tobacco Plc, along with a trading update from Britvic Plc, all before the