UK Stocks-Factors to watch on June 30 (updated)

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       June 30 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 index  .FTSE  is
expected to open higher on Friday, with futures  FFIc1  up
0.33%.
    * BARRATT: Britain's largest housebuilder Barratt
Developments  BDEV.L  on Friday said it had agreed to sell 604
homes to Citra Living Properties, a subsidiary of Lloyds Banking
Group  LLOY.L  for 168.4 million pounds ($212.57 million) in
cash.
    * PENDRAGON: Pendragon  PDG.L  on Friday said non-executive
chairman Ian Filby intends to step down from the British
automotive retailer to pursue other interests.
        * CENTRICA: British 
    energy firm
     Centrica  CNA.L  said on Friday it had increased storage
capacity at Rough, the UK's largest gas storage facility.
  
        * PETROFAC: Petrofac  PFC.L  
    said on Friday
     that Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) had awarded the
London-listed oilfield services firm a $700 million contract to
undertake work at the state oil giant's Habshan Complex.
  
    * CAR OUTPUT: Britain's car production rose for a fourth
straight month in May, driven by higher demand for electric
vehicles, according to an industry body.
    * RSV: The director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention signed off on the use of new vaccines from Pfizer
 PFE.N  and GSK  GSK.L  to prevent severe respiratory syncytial
virus (RSV) infections in older adults.
    * SAINSBURY's: British supermarket group Sainsbury's
 SBRY.L  said it was cutting the price of own-brand milk for the
second time in three months.
    * INFLATION: Key determinants of British inflation such as
wage growth and core goods prices are on track to slow, creating
no need for further interest rate rises, Bank of England
policymaker Silvana Tenreyro said.
    * THAMES WATER: Thames Water appointed corporate veteran
Adrian Montague as chairman.


    
    
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 (Reporting by Radhika Anilkumar in Bengaluru)
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