UK Stocks-Factors to watch on April 17 (updated)
17/04/2026 07:48
Adds new items, updates futures April 17 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening higher on Friday, with futures FFIc1 up 0.1%. * ABF: Associated British Foods ABF.L is expected to outline plans to separate its Primark fashion chain from its food businesses when it gives an update on a review of the group's structure on Tuesday. * WORKSPACE: Workspace Group WKP.L warned of a "substantial step down" in annual profit for fiscal 2027, as falling rents and rising costs, among other pressures, weigh on the firm. * SCHRODERS: Schroders SDR.L shareholders approved a 9.9 billion pound sale of the British asset manager to U.S. rival Nuveen. * ANGLO AMERICAN: Codelco [RIC:RIC:COBRE.UL] and Anglo American AAL.L plan to submit separate environmental studies to regulators for their planned shared copper mine in Chile, documents seen by Reuters show. * PUBLIC AND DEFENCE SPENDING: British finance minister Rachel Reeves on Thursday raised the prospect of cuts to some areas of public spending to invest more in the military and said she was working on ways to counter the country's energy vulnerabilities caused by the Iran war. * INVESTMENTS: The finance ministers of Britain and Australia have agreed to work together more closely to funnel investment from Australia's giant pension funds into new infrastructure, housing and energy projects in the UK. * OIL: Oil prices fell, copper eased amid a firmer dollar, and gold held largely steady. For more on the factors affecting European stocks, please click on: LIVE/ TODAY'S UK PAPERS > Financial Times PRESS/FT > Other business headlines PRESS/GB (Compiled by Neeshita Beura in Bengaluru) ((Neeshita.Beura@thomsonreuters.com))