UK Stocks-Factors to watch on March 6 (updated)

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06/03/2025 08:01

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March 6 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening higher on Thursday, with futures FFIc1 up 0.51%.

* BANKS: Britain's Treasury Committee said nine top UK banks and building societies suffered at least 803 hours of unplanned tech and systems outages in the last two years.

* INFORMA: Informa INF.L said it is aiming for double-digit growth in group revenue in 2025, after reporting an 11.6% rise in 2024.

* RECKITT: Reckitt RKT.L, missed expectations for fourth-quarter like-for-like net sales, posting a 4.6% rise.

* ENTAIN: Entain ENT.L reported a 12% rise in annual adjusted core profit and said it was comfortable with market expectations for 2025.

* ITV: ITV met market expectations with a 11% rise in 2024 earnings, reflecting record profit in its Studios production business, an improved margin in Media and Entertainment (M&E) and cost savings.

* MELROSE : GKN Aerospace owner Melrose MRON.L maintained its 2025 outlook after reporting higher annual profit.

* HARBOUR: Harbour Energy HBR.L swung to an annual loss in 2024 as the UK's windfall tax for energy companies wiped out most of its pre-tax earnings, the company said.

* ADMIRAL: Admiral Group ADML.L reported a near-doubling in annual pre-tax profit.

* SCHRODERS: Schroders SDR.L outlined plans to cut 150 million pounds ($194 million) from its costs over the next three years in a strategy update aimed at rebooting flagging performance at the 221-year-old British money manager.

* COMMODITIES: Oil rose, gold inched up and London copper touched a near three-week high.

* EX-DIVS: HSBC Holdings HSBA.L, Rio Tinto RIO.L, Dr Martens DOCS.L, PZ CussonsPZC.L and Berkeley Group BKGH.L will trade without entitlement to its latest dividend pay-out.

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 (Compiled by Simone Lobo in Bengaluru)

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