UK Stocks-Factors to watch on January 26

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26/01/2026 05:10

Jan 26 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening higher on Monday, with futures FFIc1 up 0.07%.

* ANTOFAGASTA: Chile’s environmental regulator said it has fined Antofagasta Minerals ANTO.L about $775,000 for failing to comply with water management regulations at its Centinela copper mine.

* SPIRE HEALTHCARE: British private hospital group Spire Healthcare SPI.L is in early-stage talks with several buyout firms including Bridgepoint BPTB.L and Triton Partners to "explore strategic options", it said.

* BANKS: HSBC HSBA.L and NatWest NWG.L are set to follow their European rivals and lift their key profit targets when they report annual earnings in the coming weeks, people close to the matter said.

* JOBS: Vacancies for jobs in Britain continued to fall in December and the pace of increases in advertised salaries slowed, according to a survey on Monday that added to signs of a cooling labour market.

* OIL: Oil prices were little changed on Monday after climbing more than 2% in the previous session, as supply concerns kept a lid on benchmarks despite production disruptions in major U.S. crude-producing regions.

* METALS: Copper climbed to a more than one-week high amid a weak dollar, while tin pulled back from a rally that set an all-time high for the soldering metal.

* GOLD: Gold surged past $5,000 per ounce buoyed by safety flows amid dollar weakness following a turbulent week where tensions over Greenland and Iran rattled investors, while markets remained on tenterhooks after violent spikes in the yen.

* FTSE: The UK's FTSE 100 rounded off the week with losses on Friday, as renewed geopolitical uncertainty weighed on investor sentiment though mining stocks closed the week with robust gains.

* UK CORPORATE DIARY:

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 (Compiled by Neeshita Beura in Bengaluru)

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